Bill Text: TX SB1057 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain vehicle registrations at the time of sale of the vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1057 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1057-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain vehicle registrations at the time of sale of the vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1057 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1057-Comm_Sub.html
By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 1057 | |
(Harper-Brown, Fletcher) | ||
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relating to the transfer of certain vehicle registrations at the | ||
time of sale of the vehicle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.451, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a), (a-1), and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) On the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle to a dealer, | ||
as defined by Section 503.001, who holds a general distinguishing | ||
number issued under Chapter 503, the dealer shall remove each | ||
license plate and the registration insignia issued for the motor | ||
vehicle. The registration period remaining at the time of sale or | ||
transfer expires at the time of sale or transfer. | ||
(a-1) On the sale of a used motor vehicle by a dealer, the | ||
dealer shall issue to the buyer new registration documents for an | ||
entire registration year. | ||
(a-2) On a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle to a person | ||
that does not hold a general distinguishing number issued under | ||
Chapter 503, the seller or transferor may remove each license plate | ||
and the registration insignia issued for the motor vehicle. | ||
(c) On a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle in which neither | ||
party holds a general distinguishing number issued under Chapter | ||
503, the [ |
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of the sale or transfer shall continue with the vehicle being sold | ||
or transferred and does not transfer with the license plates or | ||
registration validation insignia. To continue the remainder of the | ||
registration period, the purchaser or transferee must file the | ||
documents required under Section 520.031. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |