Bill Text: TX HB2835 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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86R5708 TSS-F
By: Canales H.B. No. 2835

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.