Bill Text: TX SB876 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the county in which a person may apply for the registration of and title for a motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 2022 [SB876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB876-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 876 |
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relating to the county in which a person may apply for the | ||
registration of and title for a motor vehicle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 501.023(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The owner of a motor vehicle must present identification | ||
and apply for a title as prescribed by the department, unless | ||
otherwise exempted by law. To obtain a title, the owner must | ||
apply: | ||
(1) to the county assessor-collector in the county in | ||
which: | ||
(A) the owner is domiciled; or | ||
(B) the motor vehicle is purchased or encumbered; | ||
or | ||
(2) to any [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 501.0234(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) A seller who applies for the registration or a title for | ||
a motor vehicle under Subsection (a)(1) may [ |
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(1) to the county assessor-collector of the county in | ||
which: | ||
(A) the owner is domiciled; or | ||
(B) the motor vehicle is purchased or encumbered; | ||
or | ||
(2) to any [ |
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willing to accept the application [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 501.030(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) Before a motor vehicle that is required to be registered | ||
in this state and that is brought into this state by a person other | ||
than a manufacturer or importer may be bargained, sold, | ||
transferred, or delivered with an intent to pass an interest in the | ||
vehicle or encumbered by a lien, the owner must apply for a title in | ||
a manner prescribed by the department to the county | ||
assessor-collector for the county in which the transaction is to | ||
take place or to any assessor-collector who is willing to accept the | ||
application. The assessor-collector may not issue a title receipt | ||
unless the applicant delivers to the assessor-collector | ||
satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant is the owner of | ||
the vehicle and that the vehicle is free of any undisclosed liens. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 502.0023(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A system of extended registration under this section | ||
must allow the owner of a commercial fleet to register[ |
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owner's residence or principal place of business or in any county in | ||
which the county assessor-collector is willing to accept the | ||
registration[ |
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SECTION 5. Section 502.040(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The application must be accompanied by personal | ||
identification as determined by department rule and made in a | ||
manner prescribed by the department through: | ||
(1) [ |
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county in which the owner resides; or | ||
(2) any [ |
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willing to accept the application. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 502.041(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Section 502.040, the owner of a vehicle | ||
may concurrently apply for a title and for registration through the | ||
county assessor-collector of the county in which: | ||
(1) the owner resides; [ |
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(2) the vehicle is purchased or encumbered; or | ||
(3) the county assessor-collector is willing to accept | ||
the application. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 502.407(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
at the time of the offense: | ||
(1) the office of the county assessor-collector for | ||
the county in which the owner of the vehicle resided was closed for | ||
a protracted period of time in accordance with department rules | ||
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(2) the vehicle's registration was expired for 30 | ||
working days or less. | ||
SECTION 8. The heading to Section 520.006, Transportation | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 520.006. COLLECTION OF FEES ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER | ||
ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR; COMPENSATION OF ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. | ||
SECTION 9. Sections 520.006(a-1) and (b), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A county assessor-collector collecting fees on behalf | ||
of another [ |
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502.0023, [ |
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and other revenue based on the vehicle owner's county of residence. | ||
The vehicle owner's county of residence shall be the recipient of | ||
all taxes, fees, and other revenue collected as a result of the | ||
transaction, except that the county processing the application may | ||
retain the portion of the title application fee under Section | ||
501.138 and the processing and handling fee under Section 502.1911 | ||
that the tax assessor-collector is authorized to [ |
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(b) A county assessor-collector who is compensated under | ||
this section for processing a transaction shall pay the entire | ||
expense of issuing registration receipts and license plates under | ||
Chapter 501 or 502 from the compensation allowed under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 521.144(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A registration receipt issued by a [ |
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assessor-collector in this state [ |
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registered under Chapter 502. | ||
SECTION 11. The following provisions of the Transportation | ||
Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 501.023(e); and | ||
(2) Section 501.0234(e). | ||
SECTION 12. Section 502.407(c), Transportation Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when | ||
the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of | ||
the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 13. This Act takes effect March 1, 2022. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 876 passed the Senate on | ||
April 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 876 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 93, | ||
Nays 35, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |