Bill Text: TX SB459 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain consequences arising from a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Referred to Transportation [SB459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB459-Introduced.html
86R5317 MP-D | ||
By: Fallon | S.B. No. 459 |
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relating to certain consequences arising from a violation detected | ||
by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER OF TITLE AFTER | ||
NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED [ |
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transfer the title of or register a motor vehicle alleged to have | ||
been involved in a [ |
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(1) based on the alleged violation; or | ||
(2) because the owner of the motor vehicle is | ||
delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this | ||
chapter. | ||
(b) A local authority or the person with which the local | ||
authority contracts for the administration and enforcement of a | ||
photographic traffic signal enforcement system may not provide | ||
information about a violation of this chapter to a person | ||
authorized to register or issue a title for a vehicle under Chapter | ||
501, 502, or 520. [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 707.019(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If the owner of the motor vehicle fails to timely pay the | ||
amount of the civil penalty imposed against the owner: | ||
(1) an arrest warrant may not be issued for the owner; | ||
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(2) the imposition of the civil penalty may not be | ||
recorded on the owner's driving record; and | ||
(3) the failure to pay the civil penalty may not be | ||
reported to a consumer reporting agency, as defined by Section | ||
20.01, Business & Commerce Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |