81R4328 BEF-F
By: Geren H.B. No. 2109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that certain applicants for a vehicle
dealer general distinguishing number complete a dealer education
course.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 503.029, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) An applicant for an original dealer general
distinguishing number who proposes to be an independent motor
vehicle dealer and who does not hold a general distinguishing
number as a franchised motor vehicle dealer or independent motor
vehicle dealer must submit to the department evidence that the
applicant completed a dealer education course, approved by the
department, in the year preceding the date the application is
filed. The course must be at least eight hours and not more than 12
hours in length.
(e) The department may approve a dealer education course
under Subsection (d) only if the provider of the course:
(1) is a business with experience providing compliance
education to independent motor vehicle dealers;
(2) provides online and CD-ROM versions of the course
with assessment and verification capabilities;
(3) provides ongoing educational support by telephone
or the Internet for one year at no additional cost to persons who
have completed a course;
(4) provides at least one instructor-led dealer
education course each month, including at least one instructor-led
course each year in or near:
(A) Austin;
(B) Dallas and Fort Worth;
(C) El Paso;
(D) Houston; and
(E) San Antonio; and
(5) has a curriculum review panel for the course that
consists of at least four independent motor vehicle dealers who
hold dealer general distinguishing numbers.
SECTION 2. Section 503.029(d), Transportation Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to an application for an original
independent motor vehicle dealer general distinguishing number
filed with the Texas Department of Transportation on or after
September 1, 2010. An application filed before that date is
governed by the law in effect when the application was filed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas
Department of Transportation shall begin to approve or reject
applications from providers of dealer education courses under
Sections 503.029(d) and (e), Transportation Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.