Bill Text: TX HB4405 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that certain applicants for a vehicle dealer general distinguishing number complete a dealer education course.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - No action taken in committee [HB4405 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4405-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 4405 |
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relating to the requirement that certain applicants for a vehicle | ||
dealer general distinguishing number complete a dealer education | ||
course. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 503.029, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(d) An applicant for an original dealer general | ||
distinguishing number who proposes to be an independent motor | ||
vehicle dealer and who does not hold a general distinguishing | ||
number as a franchised motor vehicle dealer or independent motor | ||
vehicle dealer shall submit to the department evidence that the | ||
applicant completed, in the 24-month period before the date the | ||
application is filed, a dealer education course approved by the | ||
department. The course must be not less than 8 hours and not more | ||
than 12 hours in length. If the applicant is an entity, the course | ||
must be completed by one individual listed on the application as an | ||
owner, manager, officer, or director of the entity. | ||
(e) The department may approve a dealer education course | ||
under Subsection (d) only if: | ||
(1) the provider of the course is: | ||
(A) an institution of higher education as defined | ||
by Section 61.003, Education Code; or | ||
(B) a professional or trade association in the | ||
field of motor vehicle sales domiciled in this state that: | ||
(i) has been in business for at least five | ||
years; and | ||
(ii) has, as a majority of its membership, | ||
members who are motor vehicle dealers licensed in this state; | ||
(2) the course curriculum, materials, and instructors | ||
satisfy any applicable department requirements; | ||
(3) the course includes instruction in federal and | ||
state laws and department rules applicable to independent motor | ||
vehicle dealers; | ||
(4) the cost per course participant does not exceed: | ||
(A) $150 for a course offered online; or | ||
(B) $200 for a course offered through classroom | ||
instruction; and | ||
(5) on successful completion of the course, a course | ||
participant receives a certificate of completion from the course | ||
provider. | ||
(f) An applicant is not required to comply with Subsection | ||
(d) if, at the time the application is submitted, an online dealer | ||
education course is not currently approved by the department. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 503.029(d), Transportation Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to an application for an original | ||
dealer general distinguishing number filed with the Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles on or after September 1, 2020. An | ||
application filed before that date is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles shall begin accepting applications for | ||
approval from providers of dealer education courses in accordance | ||
with Sections 503.029(d) and (e), Transportation Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |