Bill Text: TX HB1693 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to access to the financial responsibility verification program by justice and municipal courts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective immediately [HB1693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1693-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to access to the financial responsibility verification program by justice and municipal courts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective immediately [HB1693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1693-Engrossed.html
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By: Shaheen, Paul, Harless, | H.B. No. 1693 | |
J. Johnson of Harris, Murphy |
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relating to access to the financial responsibility verification | ||
program by justice and municipal courts. | ||
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) A justice or municipal | ||
court may access the verification program established under this | ||
subchapter to verify financial responsibility for the purpose of | ||
court proceedings. | ||
(b) The costs associated with accessing the verification | ||
program under this section shall be paid out of the county treasury | ||
by order of the commissioners court or the municipal treasury by | ||
order of the governing body of the municipality, as applicable. | ||
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, 2021. |