HBA-TBM H.B. 489 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 489
By: Pickett
County Affairs
2/25/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current state law, a vehicle may be considered junked if it does not
have either a lawfully attached unexpired license plate or a valid motor
vehicle inspection certificate.  House Bill 489 requires the vehicle to
lack both an unexpired license plate and a valid motor vehicle inspection
certificate to be considered a junked vehicle.   

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 489 amends the Transportation Code to alter the definition of
"junked vehicle" to provide that a vehicle is considered a junked vehicle
if it does not have lawfully attached to it both an unexpired license plate
and a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate.  A junked vehicle that is
declared to be a public nuisance is subject to abatement procedures. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.