Bill Text: TX HB2065 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2065 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2065-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2065 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2065-Introduced.html
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| By: Phillips | H.B. No. 2065 | |
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| relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the | ||
| enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 644.102, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (f-1) A municipality or county that retains a fine from the | ||
| enforcement of this chapter shall annually file with the | ||
| comptroller a report that details the amount of fines retained from | ||
| the enforcement of this chapter and the actual expenses claimed by | ||
| the municipality or county for the enforcement of this chapter | ||
| during the previous fiscal year. A municipality or county that | ||
| fails to file a report as required by this subsection shall send to | ||
| the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation an amount equal to the amount retained by the | ||
| municipality or county in the fiscal year the report would cover. | ||
| (f-2) The comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement and enforce Subsection (f-1). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
