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


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 489
By: Pickett
County Affairs
3/6/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



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 or it is either wrecked or inoperable.
C.S.H.B. 489 requires the vehicle to lack an unexpired license plate or a
valid motor vehicle inspection certificate and also to be wrecked or
inoperable 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

C.S.H.B. 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 an unexpired license plate or a valid motor vehicle
inspection certificate lawfully attached to it, and is wrecked, dismantled,
partially dismantled, or discarded, or is inoperable and has remained
inoperable for more than 72 consecutive hours on public property or 30
consecutive days on private property.  A junked vehicle that is declared to
be a public nuisance is subject to abatement procedures. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.  

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute differs from the original bill by defining a junked vehicle
as one without a valid license plate or a valid motor vehicle inspection
certificate that is also wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled,
discarded, or inoperable.