85R7941 AJZ-D     By: Zedler H.B. No. 1401       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to allowing a person to register a motor vehicle when   delinquent in the payment of certain civil penalties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 707.017.  REGISTRATION AFTER CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED    [ENFORCEMENT].  Neither the [(a)     If the owner of a motor vehicle is   delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this   chapter, the] county assessor-collector nor [or] the Texas   Department of Motor Vehicles may refuse to register a motor   vehicle, under Section 502.010 or any other law, solely because the   owner of the motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil   penalty imposed under this chapter [alleged to have been involved   in the violation].          [(b)     This section does not apply to the registration of a   motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.]          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.