Bill Text: TX HB2835 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of operating a vehicle with an expired license plate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2835 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2835-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2835 |
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relating to a defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of | ||
operating a vehicle with an expired license plate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.407, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
at the time of the offense: | ||
(1) the office of the county assessor-collector for | ||
the county in which the owner of the vehicle resided was closed for | ||
a protracted period of time in accordance with Section | ||
502.040(b)(2); and | ||
(2) the vehicle's registration was expired for 30 | ||
working days or less. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2835 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2835 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |