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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been |
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involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal |
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enforcement system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, as amended |
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by Chapters 266 (H.B. 2530), 542 (S.B. 1617), and 933 (H.B. 3097), |
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Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted |
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and amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION AFTER CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED |
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[ENFORCEMENT]. [(a)] If the owner of a motor vehicle is delinquent |
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in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter, |
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neither the county assessor-collector nor [or] the Texas Department |
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of Motor Vehicles may refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to |
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have been involved in the violation. |
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[(b)
This section does not apply to the registration of a
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motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.] |
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SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |