83R5088 JAM-D By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 2874 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of the registration year for certain vehicles sold by a dealer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 502.044, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The department shall use the date of sale of the vehicle in designating the registration year for a vehicle for which registration is applied for under Section 501.0234. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.