85R7083 AJZ-F
By: Geren, Rinaldi H.B. No. 1244
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to registration or transfer of title of a motor vehicle
alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a
photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER OF TITLE AFTER
NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED [ENFORCEMENT]. (a) Neither the [If the
owner of a motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil
penalty imposed under this chapter, the] county assessor-collector
nor [or] the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may refuse to
transfer the title of or register a motor vehicle alleged to have
been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely:
(1) based on the alleged violation; or
(2) because the owner of the motor vehicle is
delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this
chapter.
(b) A local authority or the person with which the local
authority contracts for the administration and enforcement of a
photographic traffic signal enforcement system may not provide
information about a violation of this chapter to a person
authorized to register or issue a title for a vehicle under Chapter
501, 502, or 520. [This section does not apply to the registration
of a motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.]
SECTION 2. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a civil penalty imposed under Chapter
707, Transportation Code, on or after the effective date of this
Act. A civil penalty imposed before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect when the civil penalty was imposed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.