HBA-NRS H.B. 3376 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3376
By: Talton
Transportation
4/27/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires the commissioners court of a county with a population
of 2.2 million or more to provide by ordinance for the licensing or
granting of a permit to a person to remove or store an unlawfully stopped
vehicle from an unincorporated area of the county. However, current law
does not set forth provisions for the proper fine of an offense involving
such an ordinance. House Bill 3376 establishes a fine for an offense under
an ordinance that provides for the licensing or granting of a permit to a
person to remove or store an unlawfully stopped vehicle from an
unincorporated area of a county with a population of 2.2 million or more. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3376 amends the Transportation Code to require a person
convicted of an offense under an ordinance regarding the licensing or
granting of a permit to a person to remove or store an unlawfully stopped
vehicle from an unincorporated area of a county with a population of 2.2
million or more to be punished by a fine of not less than $200 and not more
than $500. The bill provides that  a person commits a separate offense for
each day the person acts in violation of such an ordinance. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

91st day after adjournment.