86R5317 MP-D
By: Fallon S.B. No. 459
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain consequences arising from 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 OR TRANSFER OF TITLE AFTER
NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED [ENFORCEMENT]. (a) Neither the [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
transfer the title of or register a motor vehicle alleged to have
been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely:
(1) based on the alleged violation; or
(2) because the owner of the motor vehicle is
delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this
chapter.
(b) A local authority or the person with which the local
authority contracts for the administration and enforcement of a
photographic traffic signal enforcement system may not provide
information about a violation of this chapter to a person
authorized to register or issue a title for a vehicle under Chapter
501, 502, or 520. [This section does not apply to the registration
of a motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.]
SECTION 2. Section 707.019(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) If the owner of the motor vehicle fails to timely pay the
amount of the civil penalty imposed against the owner:
(1) an arrest warrant may not be issued for the owner;
[and]
(2) the imposition of the civil penalty may not be
recorded on the owner's driving record; and
(3) the failure to pay the civil penalty may not be
reported to a consumer reporting agency, as defined by Section
20.01, Business & Commerce Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.