Bill Text: TX SB385 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Co-author authorized [SB385 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB385-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hall | S.B. No. 385 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2023; February 15, 2023, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; | ||
April 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, | ||
Nays 0; April 17, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of | ||
the offense of racing on a highway. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.420(i), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(i) [ |
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shall require a [ |
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under Subsection (a) to be taken to the nearest licensed vehicle | ||
storage facility unless the vehicle is seized as evidence, in which | ||
case the vehicle may be taken to a storage facility as designated by | ||
the peace officer involved. Notwithstanding Article 18.23, Code | ||
of Criminal Procedure, the owner of a [ |
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removed or stored under this subsection is liable for all removal | ||
and storage fees incurred and is not entitled to take possession of | ||
the vehicle until those fees are paid. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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