TITLE: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to provide notification of a failure to appear in federal court.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to provide notification of a failure to appear in federal court.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to provide notification of a failure to appear in federal court. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.0089 to read as follows: Sec. 411.0089. FEDERAL COOPERATION. (a) The department may enter an agreement with one or more United States district courts in this state under which the court provides the department with notice of a person who fails to comply with a notice to appear for a violation of a traffic law or other regulation in a United States district court in this state. (b) If the department receives notification under Subsection (a) regarding a person's failure to comply with a notice to appear in a United States district court, the department may notify that person of the failure to appear at any appropriate time. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.