86R16340 BEE-D
By: Stephenson H.B. No. 196
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 196:
By: Lucio III C.S.H.B. No. 196
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing justice and municipal courts to access the
financial responsibility verification program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 601, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 601.455 to read as follows:
Sec. 601.455. ACCESS BY COURT. A justice or municipal court
may access the verification program established under this
subchapter to verify financial responsibility for the purpose of
court proceedings.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.