Bill Text: TX HB3320 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to costs related to the towing and storage of a motor vehicle for certain law enforcement purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB3320 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3320-Introduced.html
  82R9512 AJZ-F
 
  By: Hunter H.B. No. 3320
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to costs related to the towing and storage of a motor
  vehicle for certain law enforcement purposes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 18.23, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2308.205(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by this chapter[, Article 18.23, Code
  of Criminal Procedure,] or Chapter 2303, a fee may not be charged or
  collected without the prior written consent of the vehicle owner or
  operator.
         SECTION 3.  Section 545.420(i), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  This subsection applies only to a motor vehicle used in
  the commission of an offense under this section that results in an
  accident with property damage or personal injury.  A peace officer
  shall require the vehicle to be taken to the nearest licensed
  vehicle storage facility unless the vehicle is seized as evidence,
  in which case the vehicle may be taken to a storage facility as
  designated by the peace officer involved.  The [Notwithstanding
  Article 18.23, Code of Criminal Procedure, the] owner of a motor
  vehicle that is removed or stored under this subsection is liable
  for all removal and storage fees incurred and is not entitled to
  take possession of the vehicle until those fees are paid.
         SECTION 4.  The repeal by this Act of Article 18.23, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, applies only to motor vehicle towing costs that
  are incurred on or after the effective date of this Act and motor
  vehicle storage costs that are incurred on or after the effective
  date of this Act, regardless of the date on which the motor vehicle
  was towed to a property for storage.  Towing and storage costs
  incurred before the effective date of this Act are covered by the
  law in effect when the costs were incurred, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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