83R9774 MTB-D
By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 3679
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to suspension of a vehicle registration by the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles for failure to establish financial
responsibility; imposing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 601, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 601.235 to read as follows:
Sec. 601.235. SUSPENSION OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION BY
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) The Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles may use records of the Texas Department of
Insurance, Department of Public Safety, and Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles and any other information available to the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles to verify whether owners of motor
vehicles have established financial responsibility as required by
this chapter.
(b) If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles determines
that the owner of a motor vehicle has not established financial
responsibility as required by this chapter, the Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles shall send a notice to the owner:
(1) requiring the owner to submit the evidence
required under Section 502.046 to the Texas Department of Motor
Vehicles before the 45th day after the date the notice is sent; and
(2) warning the owner that the Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles shall suspend the owner's vehicle registration if
the owner does not comply with Subdivision (1).
(c) If the owner does not comply with Subsection (b)(1), the
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the owner's
vehicle registration and mail in a timely manner a notice to the
owner that states that the owner's vehicle registration is
suspended. The suspension continues until the owner submits the
evidence required under Section 502.046 and pays the fee required
by Section 601.376.
(d) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt rules
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Section 601.376, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] driver's
license, vehicle registration, or nonresident's operating
privilege that has been suspended under this chapter may not be
reinstated and a new license or registration may not be issued to
the holder of the suspended license, registration, or privilege
until the person:
(1) pays to the department a fee of $100; and
(2) complies with the other requirements of this
chapter.
(a-1) A driver's license or vehicle registration suspended
under Section 601.235 may not be reinstated until the holder of the
suspended license or registration pays to the Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles a fee of $200 to cover the cost of administering that
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.