By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3422
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011;
May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 21, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of auction proceeds from the sale of abandoned
motor vehicles, watercraft, or outboard motors to compensate
certain property owners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 683.015(f), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A [county] law enforcement agency may use funds
[received from the sale of a motor vehicle abandoned as a result of
a vehicular pursuit involving the law enforcement agency and]
transferred under Subsection (d) to compensate property owners
whose property was damaged as a result of a [the] pursuit involving
the law enforcement agency, regardless of whether the agency would
be liable under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. [A
payment for compensation under this subsection may not exceed any
of the following amounts:
[(1) the net proceeds received from the sale of the
motor vehicle abandoned as a result of the pursuit;
[(2) $1,000 per property owner, if more than one
property owner's property is damaged as a result of the pursuit; or
[(3) the amount of the property owner's insurance
deductible.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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