By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3416
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to motor vehicle title services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 520.054(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An application must include:
(1) the applicant's name, business address, and
business telephone number;
(2) the name under which the applicant will do
business;
(3) the physical address of each office from which the
applicant will conduct business;
(4) a statement indicating whether the applicant has
previously applied for a license under this subchapter, the result
of the previous application, and whether the applicant has ever
been the holder of a license under this subchapter that was revoked
or suspended;
(5) information from the applicant as required by the
county tax assessor-collector to establish the business reputation
and character of the applicant;
(6) the applicant's federal tax identification number;
(7) the applicant's state sales tax number; [and]
(8) a legible photocopy of the current driver's
license, personal identification certificate, or official
identification card issued to the applicant by this state, another
state, or the United States, which must bear a photograph of the
applicant; and
(9) any other information required by rules adopted
under this subchapter.
SECTION 2. Section 520.062, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) In this section, "convicted" means an adjudication of
guilt or an order of deferred adjudication entered against a person
by a court, regardless of whether the imposition of the sentence is
subsequently probated and the person discharged from community
supervision. The term does not include an adjudication of guilt or
an order of deferred adjudication that has been subsequently:
(1) expunged; or
(2) pardoned under the authority of an official of
this state or the United States.
SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act to
Section 520.054, Transportation Code, applies only to an
application for a motor vehicle title service license that is filed
on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a
motor vehicle title service license filed before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the application
was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 520.057,
Transportation Code, applies only to a transaction regulated by
that section that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
A transaction that occurred before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect when the transaction occurred, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.