BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 598 By: Jackson, Jim Transportation Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A number of states require a valid driver's license to register a vehicle. To register a vehicle in Texas, a registration renewal notice, including certain other information if a renewal notice was not received, and proof of current liability insurance are presented to a county tax office or an approved substation. C.S.H.B. 598 seeks to enable law enforcement officers to more readily identify an individual who is driving illegally by providing that a valid driver's license is required to register a vehicle in Texas. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in SECTION 1 of this bill. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 598 amends the Transportation Code to prohibit a county assessor-collector from registering a motor vehicle owned by an individual unless the owner provides proof that the owner holds a driver's license or a commercial driver's license that is valid at the time the application for registration is presented to the county assessor-collector. The bill requires the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, by rule, to prescribe an acceptable form of proof that an applicant for motor vehicle registration holds a valid driver's license. The bill establishes that a county assessor-collector is not liable to any person for refusing to register a motor vehicle because of the person's failure to submit proof that the person holds a currently valid driver's license or commercial driver's license. The bill makes its provisions inapplicable to a vehicle owned by an individual 85 years of age or older, a vehicle owned by a person with a disability as defined by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a driver's license that is recognized by the state under a reciprocal relationship with another state or country, or a vehicle registered under provisions specifying the duty of a vehicle dealer on the sale of certain vehicles. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2011. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 598 contains a provision not in the original making its provisions inapplicable to a vehicle owned by a person with a disability as defined by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and to a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a driver's license that is recognized by the state under a reciprocal relationship with another state or country. The substitute differs from the original in nonsubstantive ways.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 598
By: Jackson, Jim
Transportation
Committee Report (Substituted)
C.S.H.B. 598
By: Jackson, Jim
Transportation
Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A number of states require a valid driver's license to register a vehicle. To register a vehicle in Texas, a registration renewal notice, including certain other information if a renewal notice was not received, and proof of current liability insurance are presented to a county tax office or an approved substation. C.S.H.B. 598 seeks to enable law enforcement officers to more readily identify an individual who is driving illegally by providing that a valid driver's license is required to register a vehicle in Texas.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in SECTION 1 of this bill.
ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 598 amends the Transportation Code to prohibit a county assessor-collector from registering a motor vehicle owned by an individual unless the owner provides proof that the owner holds a driver's license or a commercial driver's license that is valid at the time the application for registration is presented to the county assessor-collector. The bill requires the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, by rule, to prescribe an acceptable form of proof that an applicant for motor vehicle registration holds a valid driver's license. The bill establishes that a county assessor-collector is not liable to any person for refusing to register a motor vehicle because of the person's failure to submit proof that the person holds a currently valid driver's license or commercial driver's license. The bill makes its provisions inapplicable to a vehicle owned by an individual 85 years of age or older, a vehicle owned by a person with a disability as defined by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a driver's license that is recognized by the state under a reciprocal relationship with another state or country, or a vehicle registered under provisions specifying the duty of a vehicle dealer on the sale of certain vehicles.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2011.
COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 598 contains a provision not in the original making its provisions inapplicable to a vehicle owned by a person with a disability as defined by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and to a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a driver's license that is recognized by the state under a reciprocal relationship with another state or country. The substitute differs from the original in nonsubstantive ways.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
A number of states require a valid driver's license to register a vehicle. To register a vehicle in Texas, a registration renewal notice, including certain other information if a renewal notice was not received, and proof of current liability insurance are presented to a county tax office or an approved substation. C.S.H.B. 598 seeks to enable law enforcement officers to more readily identify an individual who is driving illegally by providing that a valid driver's license is required to register a vehicle in Texas.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in SECTION 1 of this bill.
ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 598 amends the Transportation Code to prohibit a county assessor-collector from registering a motor vehicle owned by an individual unless the owner provides proof that the owner holds a driver's license or a commercial driver's license that is valid at the time the application for registration is presented to the county assessor-collector. The bill requires the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, by rule, to prescribe an acceptable form of proof that an applicant for motor vehicle registration holds a valid driver's license. The bill establishes that a county assessor-collector is not liable to any person for refusing to register a motor vehicle because of the person's failure to submit proof that the person holds a currently valid driver's license or commercial driver's license. The bill makes its provisions inapplicable to a vehicle owned by an individual 85 years of age or older, a vehicle owned by a person with a disability as defined by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a driver's license that is recognized by the state under a reciprocal relationship with another state or country, or a vehicle registered under provisions specifying the duty of a vehicle dealer on the sale of certain vehicles.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2011.
COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 598 contains a provision not in the original making its provisions inapplicable to a vehicle owned by a person with a disability as defined by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and to a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a driver's license that is recognized by the state under a reciprocal relationship with another state or country. The substitute differs from the original in nonsubstantive ways.