H.B. No. 1541
AN ACT
relating to the prevention of automobile burglary and theft.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows:
(j) The authority shall:
(1) develop and use standard performance measures for
each category of grants provided by the authority in order to assess
grantee success in achieving the purposes of this article; and
(2) ensure that grants are used to help increase:
(A) the recovery rate of stolen motor vehicles;
(B) the clearance rate of motor vehicle
burglaries and thefts; and
(C) the number of persons arrested for motor
vehicle burglary and theft.
(k) The authority shall allocate grant funds primarily
based on the number of motor vehicles stolen in, or the motor
vehicle burglary or theft rate across, the state rather than based
on geographic distribution.
SECTION 2. Section 7(a), Article 4413(37), Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The authority shall develop and implement a plan of
operation. The plan of operation must be updated biennially and
filed with the legislature on or before December 1 of each
even-numbered year.
SECTION 3. Section 9(a), Article 4413(37), Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The Department of Public Safety may administer
[authority shall develop] a statewide motor vehicle registration
program [to be administered by the Department of Public Safety].
This section applies only if the Department of Public Safety
administers the program.
SECTION 4. Section 9, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) The Department of Public Safety shall collect data
regarding theft rates and types of motor vehicles enrolled in the
program, the recovery rate for stolen motor vehicles enrolled in
the program, and the clearance rate of burglaries and thefts of
motor vehicles enrolled in the program.
SECTION 5. Section 10, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
(b) An insurer shall pay to the authority a fee equal to $2
[$1] multiplied by the total number of motor vehicle years of
insurance for insurance policies delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed by the insurer. The fee shall be paid not later than:
(1) March 1 of each year for a policy issued,
delivered, or renewed from July 1 through December 31 of the
previous calendar year; and
(2) August 1 of each year for a policy issued,
delivered, or renewed from January 1 through June 30 of that year.
(e) Fifty percent of each fee collected under Subsection (b)
may be appropriated only to the authority for the purposes of this
article.
SECTION 6. Sections 6(j) and (k), Article 4413(37), Revised
Statutes, as added by this Act, apply only in relation to a grant
for which the notice of funds availability or of funding
opportunity is made public on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 7.
The changes in law made by Section 10, Article
4413(37), Revised Statutes, as amended by this Act, apply only to an
insurance policy issued, delivered, or renewed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An insurance policy issued, delivered,
or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect on the date the insurance policy was issued,
delivered, or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1541 was passed by the House on April
21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1541 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 28,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1541 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor