H.B. No. 2874 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2874 was passed by the House on May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2874 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2874 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor