85R7941 AJZ-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 1401
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, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION AFTER CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED
[ENFORCEMENT]. Neither the [(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 nor [or] the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles may refuse to register a motor
vehicle, under Section 502.010 or any other law, solely because the
owner of the motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil
penalty imposed under this chapter [alleged to have been involved
in the violation].
[(b) This section does not apply to the registration of a
motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.