Bill Text: TX SB1816 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain temporary vehicle permits and tags.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-28 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB1816 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1816-Comm_Sub.html
By: Seliger | S.B. No. 1816 | |
(Thompson of Brazoria) | ||
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relating to certain temporary vehicle permits and tags. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.094, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
(i) A permit issued under this section must be carried in | ||
the vehicle, or, if the vehicle is a trailer or semitrailer, in the | ||
motor vehicle pulling the trailer or semitrailer, at all times | ||
during the period in which the permit is valid, including when the | ||
vehicle is being operated. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.095(f), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) A registration receipt shall be carried in the vehicle | ||
at all times during the period in which it is valid. The permit | ||
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this section and must be attached to the vehicle in the license | ||
plate display area located at the rear of the vehicle, so that the | ||
entire permit is visible and legible at all times, including when | ||
the vehicle is being operated. If the vehicle does not have a | ||
license plate display area at the rear of the vehicle, the permit | ||
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ready inspection. The registration receipt must be carried, in a | ||
manner prescribed by the department, in the vehicle at all times | ||
during the period in which it is valid. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 502.474, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.474. OPERATION OF ONE-TRIP PERMIT VEHICLE. A | ||
person commits an offense if the person operates a vehicle for which | ||
a one-trip permit is required without the registration receipt and | ||
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SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 | ||
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SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |