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|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to the evidence required for the release of a motor vehicle | 
|  | after impoundment of the vehicle for failure to maintain evidence | 
|  | of financial responsibility. | 
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
|  | SECTION 1.  Section 601.262(c), Transportation Code, is | 
|  | amended to read as follows: | 
|  | (c)  The evidence of financial responsibility must cover the | 
|  | two-year period immediately following the date the defendant | 
|  | applies for release of the impounded vehicle.  The court, by order, | 
|  | shall permit a defendant to provide evidence of insurability in | 
|  | increments of a period of not less than six months. | 
|  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
|  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 586 was passed by the House on May 15, | 
|  | 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
|  | voting. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 586 was passed by the Senate on May | 
|  | 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
|  | Date | 
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|  | _____________________ | 
|  | Governor |