By: Williams, Lucio S.B. No. 267
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a joint statement regarding the transfer of a motor
vehicle as the result of a gift.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 152.062, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) A joint statement required by Subsection (b)(3) that
relates to a gift from a person or estate described by Section
152.025(a)(1) must be filed in person by the recipient of the gift
or, as applicable, the person from whom the gift is received or a
person authorized to act on behalf of the estate from which the gift
is received. A motor vehicle title service required to be licensed
under Chapter 520, Transportation Code, may not be used to file the
statement. The person who files the statement must present to the
tax assessor-collector an unexpired identification document issued
to the person that bears the person's photograph and is:
(1) a driver's license or personal identification card
issued by this state or another state of the United States;
(2) an original United States passport or an original
passport issued by a foreign country;
(3) an identification card or similar form of
identification issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
(4) a United States military identification card; or
(5) an identification card or document issued by the
United States Department of Homeland Security or United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a joint statement
relating to the transfer of a motor vehicle as the result of a gift
that is filed with a tax assessor-collector of a county on or after
the effective date of this Act. A joint statement that is filed
before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
statement is filed, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
the liability for those taxes.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.