Bill Text: TX HB3860 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the liability of county tax assessor-collectors for certain acts of deputies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3860 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3860-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3860 | ||
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| relating to the liability of county tax assessor-collectors for | ||
| certain acts of deputies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 520, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 520.0072 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 520.0072. LIABILITY OF COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR | ||
| FOR CERTAIN ACTS OF DEPUTIES. Notwithstanding any other law, a | ||
| county tax assessor-collector may not be held liable for an offense | ||
| or damages arising from the misuse of license plates or other | ||
| fraudulent activity related to vehicle registration and titling by | ||
| an individual or business entity deputized by the county tax | ||
| assessor-collector to perform titling services in accordance with | ||
| rules adopted under Section 520.0071(a). | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
| only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the | ||
| cause of action immediately before the effective date of this Act, | ||
| and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an | ||
| offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
| by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
| this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
| this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3860 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3860 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
