Bill Text: TX HB4276 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the management of temporary tags that may be obtained by a motor vehicle dealer or converter.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4276 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4276-Comm_Sub.html
87R18355 DRS-F | |||
By: Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 4276 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4276: | |||
By: Martinez | C.S.H.B. No. 4276 |
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relating to the management of temporary tags that may be obtained by | ||
a motor vehicle dealer or converter. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 503.0626(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall develop, manage, and maintain a | ||
secure, real-time database of information on vehicles to which | ||
dealers and converters have affixed temporary tags. [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 503.0631(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall develop, manage, and maintain a | ||
secure, real-time database of information on persons to whom | ||
temporary buyer's tags are issued that may be used by a law | ||
enforcement agency in the same manner that the agency uses vehicle | ||
registration information. [ |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 503, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 503.0632 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 503.0632. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TEMPORARY TAGS. (a) The | ||
department by rule may establish the maximum number of temporary | ||
tags that a dealer or converter may obtain under Section 503.062, | ||
503.0625, 503.0626, 503.063, or 503.0631. | ||
(b) The maximum number of temporary tags that the department | ||
determines a dealer or converter may obtain under this section must | ||
be based on the dealer's or converter's anticipated need for | ||
temporary tags, taking into consideration: | ||
(1) the dealer's or converter's: | ||
(A) time in operation; | ||
(B) sales data; and | ||
(C) expected growth; | ||
(2) expected changes in the dealer's or converter's | ||
market; and | ||
(3) temporary conditions that may affect sales by the | ||
dealer or converter. | ||
(c) At the request of a dealer or converter, the department | ||
may authorize additional temporary tags of any type for the dealer | ||
or converter if the dealer or converter demonstrates a need for | ||
additional temporary tags resulting from business operations, | ||
including anticipated need. | ||
(d) The department's denial of a request under Subsection | ||
(c) may be overturned if a dealer or converter shows by a | ||
preponderance of the evidence the need for additional temporary | ||
tags. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |