Bill Text: TX HB3927 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain temporary motor vehicle tags.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3927 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3927-Introduced.html

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87R11156 BEE-F
By: Hefner H.B. No. 3927

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance and use of certain temporary motor vehicle
tags and the classification of temporary motor vehicle tags as
governmental records for purposes of certain criminal offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 503.0626(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Before a dealer's or converter's temporary tag may be
displayed on a vehicle, the dealer or converter must enter into the
database through the Internet information on the vehicle and
information about the dealer or converter as prescribed by the
department. [The department may not deny access to the database to
any dealer who holds a general distinguishing number issued under
this chapter or who is licensed under Chapter 2301, Occupations
Code, or to any converter licensed under Chapter 2301, Occupations
Code.]
SECTION 2. Section 503.0631(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), before a buyer's
temporary tag may be displayed on a vehicle, a dealer must enter
into the database through the Internet information about the buyer
of the vehicle for which the tag was issued as prescribed by the
department and generate a vehicle-specific number for the tag as
required by Section 503.063(e). [The department may not deny
access to the database to any dealer who holds a general
distinguishing number issued under this chapter or who is licensed
under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.]
SECTION 3. Sections 503.067(b) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A person may not operate a vehicle that displays:
(1) a temporary tag in violation of this chapter or
Chapter 502; or
(2) any other [an] unauthorized temporary tag.
(d) A person may not sell or distribute a temporary tag or an
item represented to be a temporary tag unless the person is[:
[(1)] a dealer issuing the tag in connection with the
sale of a vehicle[; or
[(2) a printer or distributor engaged in the business
of selling temporary tags solely for uses authorized under this
chapter].
SECTION 4. Section 37.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(2) "Governmental record" means:
(A) anything belonging to, received by, or kept
by government for information, including a court record;
(B) anything required by law to be kept by others
for information of government;
(C) a license, certificate, permit, seal, title,
letter of patent, or similar document issued by government, by
another state, or by the United States, including a temporary motor
vehicle tag issued under Chapter 502 or 503, Transportation Code;
(D) a standard proof of motor vehicle liability
insurance form described by Section 601.081, Transportation Code, a
certificate of an insurance company described by Section 601.083 of
that code, a document purporting to be such a form or certificate
that is not issued by an insurer authorized to write motor vehicle
liability insurance in this state, an electronic submission in a
form described by Section 502.046(i), Transportation Code, or an
evidence of financial responsibility described by Section 601.053
of that code;
(E) an official ballot or other election record;
or
(F) the written documentation a mobile food unit
is required to obtain under Section 437.0074, Health and Safety
Code.
SECTION 5. The change in law made 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 on the date 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.