83R10964 VOO-F
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 2947
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice provided by a purchaser of a motor vehicle of
the designated county of title issuance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.0234(e), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The [department shall develop a form or electronic
process in which the] purchaser of a motor vehicle may notify the
seller, at the time of purchase, of [shall designate] the
purchaser's choice as set out in Section 501.023 as the recipient of
all taxes, fees, and other revenue collected as a result of the
transaction, which the tax assessor-collector is authorized by law
to retain. [A seller shall make that form or electronic process
available to the purchaser of a vehicle at the time of purchase.]
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.