| (a) Enforcement of traffic warrant. A municipality
may enter into a contract with the department under Government Code,
Chapter 791, to indicate in the state's motor vehicle records that
the owner of the vehicle is a person for whom a warrant of arrest
is outstanding for failure to appear or who has failed to pay a fine
on a complaint involving a violation of a traffic law. In accordance
with Transportation Code, §702.003, a county tax assessor-collector
may refuse to register a motor vehicle if such a failure is indicated
in the motor vehicle record for that motor vehicle. A municipality
is responsible for obtaining the agreement of the county in which
the municipality is located to refuse to register motor vehicles for
failure to pay civil penalties imposed by the municipality.
(b) Refusal to register vehicle in certain counties.
A county may enter into a contract with the department under Government
Code, Chapter 791 to indicate in the state's motor vehicle records
that the owner of the vehicle has failed to pay a fine, fee, or tax
that is past due. In accordance with Transportation Code, §502.010,
a county tax assessor-collector may refuse to register a motor vehicle
if such a failure is indicated in the motor vehicle record for that
motor vehicle.
(c) Record notation. A contract between the department
and a county, municipality, or local authority entered into under
Transportation Code §502.010 or Transportation Code §702.003
will contain the terms set out in this subsection.
(1) To place or remove a registration denial flag on
a vehicle record, the contracting entity must submit a magnetic tape
or other acceptable submission medium as determined by the department
in a format prescribed by the department.
(2) The information submitted by the contracting entity
will include, at a minimum, the vehicle identification number and
the license plate number of the affected vehicle.
(3) If the contracting entity data submission contains
bad or corrupted data, the submission medium will be returned to the
contracting entity with no further action by the department.
(4) The magnetic tape or other submission medium must
be submitted to the department from a single source within the contracting
entity.
(5) The submission of a magnetic tape or other submission
medium to the department by a contracting entity constitutes a certification
by that entity that it has complied with all applicable laws.
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