Bill Text: TX HB3758 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from vehicle towing regulations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-07 - Left pending in committee [HB3758 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3758-Introduced.html
2021S0039-2 02/23/21 | ||
By: Goldman | H.B. No. 3758 |
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relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from vehicle towing | ||
regulations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2308.002(11), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(11) "Tow truck" means a motor vehicle, including a | ||
wrecker, equipped with a mechanical device used to tow, winch, or | ||
otherwise move another motor vehicle. The term does not include: | ||
(A) a motor vehicle owned and operated by a | ||
governmental entity, including a public school district; | ||
(B) a motor vehicle towing: | ||
(i) a race car; | ||
(ii) a motor vehicle for exhibition; or | ||
(iii) an antique motor vehicle; | ||
(C) a recreational vehicle towing another | ||
vehicle; | ||
(D) a motor vehicle used in combination with a | ||
tow bar, tow dolly, or other mechanical device if the vehicle is not | ||
operated in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise; | ||
(E) a motor vehicle that is controlled or | ||
operated by a farmer or rancher and used for towing a farm vehicle; | ||
(F) a motor vehicle that: | ||
(i) is owned or operated by an entity the | ||
primary business of which is the rental of motor vehicles; and | ||
(ii) only tows vehicles rented by the | ||
entity; | ||
(G) a truck-trailer combination that is owned or | ||
operated by a dealer licensed under Chapter 2301 and used to | ||
transport new vehicles during the normal course of a documented | ||
transaction in which the dealer is a party and ownership or the | ||
right of possession of the transported vehicle is conveyed or | ||
transferred; or | ||
(H) a car hauler that is used solely to | ||
transport, other than in a consent or nonconsent tow, motor | ||
vehicles as cargo: | ||
(i) in the course of a prearranged shipping | ||
transaction; | ||
(ii) in the course of a commercial | ||
transaction for transport arranged or authorized by one business | ||
for the shipping or delivery of a damaged vehicle to another | ||
business; or | ||
(iii) for use in mining, drilling, or | ||
construction operations. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |