84R11654 AJZ-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 2442
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing a person to register a motor vehicle when
delinquent in the payment of certain civil penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 707.017(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) If the owner of a motor vehicle is delinquent in the
payment of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter, the county
assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may
not refuse to register, under Section 502.010 or any other law, a
motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in the violation.
SECTION 2. Section 707.017(b), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.