By: Harper-Brown (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 2874 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013; May 6, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 14, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2874 By: Hancock 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. Section 502.044(e), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a vehicle registered on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. * * * * *