86R769 AJZ-F By: Hefner, Krause, Thierry, Leman, H.B. No. 901 Thompson of Harris, et al. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. 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 alleged to have been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely because the owner of the motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter. [(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, 2019.