By: Phillips, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2065
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the
enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 644.102, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows:
(f-1) A municipality or county that retains a fine from the
enforcement of this chapter shall annually file with the
comptroller a report that details the amount of fines retained from
the enforcement of this chapter and the actual expenses claimed by
the municipality or county for the enforcement of this chapter
during the previous fiscal year. A municipality or county that
fails to file a report as required by this subsection shall send to
the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of
Transportation an amount equal to the amount retained by the
municipality or county in the fiscal year the report would cover.
(f-2) The comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement and enforce Subsection (f-1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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