Bill Text: TX SB1154 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to delinquent motor vehicle registrations and inspections; authorizing a change in the amount of a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Transportation [SB1154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1154-Introduced.html
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By: Davis | S.B. No. 1154 |
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relating to delinquent motor vehicle registrations and | ||
inspections; authorizing a change in the amount of a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 502.045(d) and (e), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) A person who has been arrested or received a citation | ||
for a violation of Section 502.472 may register the vehicle being | ||
operated at the time of the offense for a 12-month period without | ||
change to the initial month of registration only if the person: | ||
(1) meets the other requirements for registration | ||
under this chapter; and | ||
(2) as applicable, pays [ |
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Section 502.360. | ||
(e) The board by rule shall adopt a list of evidentiary | ||
items sufficient to establish good reason for delinquent | ||
registration under Subsection (b) and provide for the evidence that | ||
may be used to establish good reason under that subsection. The | ||
rules must require the evidence to include an affidavit stating the | ||
reason. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.048, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.048. PROOF OF SAFETY INSPECTION REQUIRED; REFUSAL | ||
TO REGISTER UNSAFE VEHICLE. (a) The department may not register a | ||
vehicle unless the vehicle has complied with the safety inspection | ||
requirements of Chapter 548. | ||
(b) The department may refuse to register a motor vehicle | ||
and may cancel, suspend, or revoke a registration if the department | ||
determines that a motor vehicle is unsafe, improperly equipped, or | ||
otherwise unfit to be operated on a public highway. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.360. DELINQUENT REGISTRATION FEE. The board by | ||
rule shall establish a delinquent registration fee schedule for | ||
applicants for registration who are delinquent under Section | ||
502.045 without good reason under that section and register a | ||
vehicle later than the fifth day after the expiration date of the | ||
vehicle's registration period. The fee schedule established under | ||
this section must include an increase in the delinquent | ||
registration fee on the first day of each month after the month | ||
during which a registration becomes delinquent. The board may | ||
determine the amount of the increase. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 548.101, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 548.101. GENERAL ONE-YEAR INSPECTION PERIOD. Except | ||
as provided by Section 548.102, the department shall require an | ||
annual inspection. The department shall set the periods of | ||
inspection and may make rules with respect to those periods. The | ||
department shall adopt rules that require the new inspection period | ||
of a vehicle that is inspected after the expiration date of the | ||
vehicle's inspection period to end as if the vehicle was inspected | ||
before the expiration date. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 548.501, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The department shall adopt rules that increase the fee | ||
for inspection of a vehicle that is inspected later than the fifth | ||
day after the expiration date of the vehicle's inspection period. | ||
The rules adopted under this subsection must include an increase on | ||
the first day of each month after the month in which the expiration | ||
date occurred. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 548.505, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The department shall adopt rules that increase the fee | ||
for inspection of a vehicle that is inspected under Section | ||
548.301(a) later than the fifth day after the expiration date of the | ||
vehicle's inspection period. The rules adopted under this | ||
subsection must include an increase on the first day of each month | ||
after the month in which the expiration date occurred. | ||
SECTION 7. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt the rules required by: | ||
(1) Section 502.045(e), Transportation Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, and Section 502.360, Transportation Code, as | ||
added by this Act; and | ||
(2) Section 548.101, Transportation Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, and Sections 548.501(c) and 548.505(c), Transportation | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. |