Bill Text: TX HB894 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of dealer's license plates on vehicles by independent motor vehicle dealers to transport vehicles to or from a point of sale.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB894 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB894-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 894 | ||
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| relating to the use of dealer's license plates on vehicles by | ||
| independent motor vehicle dealers to transport vehicles to or from | ||
| a point of sale. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 503.068, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) A person may not use a metal dealer's license plate or | ||
| dealer's temporary tag on: | ||
| (1) a service or work vehicle, except as provided by | ||
| Subsection (b-1); or | ||
| (2) a commercial vehicle that is carrying a load. | ||
| (b-1) An independent motor vehicle dealer or an employee of | ||
| an independent motor vehicle dealer may use a metal dealer's | ||
| license plate on a service or work vehicle used to transport a | ||
| vehicle in the dealer's inventory to or from a point of sale. This | ||
| subsection does not authorize a person to operate a service or work | ||
| vehicle as a tow truck, as defined by Section 2308.002, Occupations | ||
| Code, without a license or permit required by Chapter 2308, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall | ||
| adopt rules consistent with Section 503.068, Transportation Code, | ||
| as amended by this Act, not later than December 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 894 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 894 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 3 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 894 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
