Bill Text: TX HB3842 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain motor vehicle dealers; waiving certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3842 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3842-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3842 |
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relating to the regulation of certain motor vehicle dealers; | ||
waiving certain fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 501.0236 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.0236. ISSUANCE OF TITLE AND PERMITS WHEN DEALER | ||
GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. (a) This section applies only to a person who | ||
is the purchaser of a motor vehicle for which the dealer: | ||
(1) is required to apply for a title for the vehicle | ||
under Section 501.0234; and | ||
(2) does not apply for the title because the dealer has | ||
gone out of business. | ||
(b) A purchaser to whom this section applies may apply for: | ||
(1) a title in the manner prescribed by the department | ||
by rule; and | ||
(2) on expiration of the buyer's tag issued to the | ||
purchaser under Section 503.063, a 30-day permit under Section | ||
502.095. | ||
(c) An application for a title under this section must | ||
include a release of any recorded lien on the motor vehicle unless | ||
the only recorded lienholder is a dealer described by Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
(d) The department shall waive the payment of fees for: | ||
(1) a title issued to a purchaser described by this | ||
section, if the purchaser can show that fees for a title were paid | ||
to the dealer; and | ||
(2) one 30-day permit issued to a purchaser described | ||
by this section. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding Section 503.033(e), the department may | ||
recover against the surety bond executed by the dealer under | ||
Section 503.033 the amount of any fee waived for a title or permit | ||
issued under this section. | ||
(f) The department shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 503.027(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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location unless the consignment location is a wholesale motor | ||
vehicle auction. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3842 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 15, 1 present, not | ||
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
H.B. No. 3842 on May 24, 2019, and requested the appointment of a | ||
conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
on H.B. No. 3842 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, | ||
Nays 14, 1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3842 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
3842 on May 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |