| 1 | | - | By: Hall S.B. No. 87 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 24, 2017, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | | - | March 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; March 15, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | By: Hall, Garcia, Huffines S.B. No. 87 |
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| 9 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 6 | | relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been |
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| 12 | 7 | | involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal |
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| 13 | 8 | | enforcement system. |
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| 14 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 12 | | Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION AFTER CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED |
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| 18 | 13 | | [ENFORCEMENT]. The [(a) If the owner of a motor vehicle is |
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| 19 | 14 | | delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this |
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| 20 | 15 | | chapter, the] county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of |
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| 21 | 16 | | Motor Vehicles may not refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to |
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| 22 | 17 | | have been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely |
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| 23 | 18 | | because the owner of the motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment |
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| 24 | 19 | | of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter. |
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| 25 | 20 | | [(b) This section does not apply to the registration of a |
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| 26 | 21 | | motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.] |
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| 27 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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