82R11562 MAW-F
 
  By: Elkins H.B. No. 2929
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2929:
 
  By:  Kuempel C.S.H.B. No. 2929
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorization to impose an administrative penalty on
  salvage vehicle dealers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 2302, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2302.354 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2302.354.  ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.  (a)  The department
  may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed
  under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or order
  adopted under this chapter.
         (b)  The penalty may not be less than $50 or more than $1,000,
  and each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation
  for the purpose of imposing a penalty.  The amount of the penalty
  shall be based on:
               (1)  the seriousness of the violation, including the
  nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;
               (2)  the economic harm caused by the violation;
               (3)  the history of previous violations;
               (4)  the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
               (5)  efforts to correct the violation; and
               (6)  any other matter that justice requires.
         (c)  The person may stay enforcement during the time the
  order is under judicial review if the person pays the penalty to the
  court clerk or files a supersedeas bond with the court in the amount
  of the penalty.  A person who cannot afford to pay the penalty or
  file the bond may stay enforcement by filing an affidavit in the
  manner required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure for a party
  who cannot afford to file security for costs, subject to the right
  of the department to contest the affidavit as provided by those
  rules.
         (d)  A proceeding to impose an administrative penalty is
  subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2302.354, Occupations Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a violation of Chapter 2302, Occupations
  Code, or a rule or order of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  adopted under that chapter, committed on or after the effective
  date of this Act. A violation committed before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the violation was
  committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.