BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 1790 85R6666 AAF-F By: Pickett (Rodrguez) Transportation 5/8/2017 Engrossed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT The process for revocation and reinstatement by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) of disabled parking placards seized by law enforcement is outdated, unnecessarily costly, and time-consuming. Interested parties explain that the owner of a seized placard may apply for a replacement placard with the county before TxDMV has even revoked the record of the placard in the registration and titling system. H.B. 1790 seeks to streamline the process and eliminate preventable costs by consolidating it at the county level. H.B. 1790 amends current law relating to revoked disabled parking placards. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 681.012(b), Transportation Code, as follows: (b) Authorizes a person from whom a placard was seized to apply for a new placard by submitting an application under Section 681.003 (Parking Placard Application). Deletes existing text requiring the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, on request of the person from whom a placard was seized, to conduct a hearing and determine whether the revocation should continue or the placard should be returned to the person and the revocation rescinded. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2017.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 1790
85R6666 AAF-F By: Pickett (Rodrguez)
Transportation
5/8/2017
Engrossed
Senate Research Center
H.B. 1790
85R6666 AAF-F
By: Pickett (Rodrguez)
Transportation
5/8/2017
Engrossed
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
The process for revocation and reinstatement by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) of disabled parking placards seized by law enforcement is outdated, unnecessarily costly, and time-consuming. Interested parties explain that the owner of a seized placard may apply for a replacement placard with the county before TxDMV has even revoked the record of the placard in the registration and titling system. H.B. 1790 seeks to streamline the process and eliminate preventable costs by consolidating it at the county level.
H.B. 1790 amends current law relating to revoked disabled parking placards.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 681.012(b), Transportation Code, as follows:
(b) Authorizes a person from whom a placard was seized to apply for a new placard by submitting an application under Section 681.003 (Parking Placard Application). Deletes existing text requiring the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, on request of the person from whom a placard was seized, to conduct a hearing and determine whether the revocation should continue or the placard should be returned to the person and the revocation rescinded.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2017.