Tex. Transp. Code § 601.164 · Subchapter F. SECURITY FOLLOWING COLLISION
REDUCTION IN SECURITY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may reduce the amount of security ordered in a case within six months after the date of the collision if, in the department's judgment, the amount is excessive.
(b) The amount of security originally deposited that exceeds the reduced amount shall be returned promptly to the depositor or the depositor's personal representative.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 81, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ffd26cab9d5047522f84892e9f443ed597eb8f4a04f5ad1acd24d5819f0b279e
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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