| 1 | 1 | | 85R10889 JXC-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Coleman H.B. No. 2493 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the qualifications of the board members of the Texas |
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| 8 | 8 | | Department of Motor Vehicles. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1001.021(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Two [Three] members must be persons who hold a dealer's |
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| 13 | 13 | | license issued under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, of whom one |
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| 14 | 14 | | [two] must be a franchised dealer [dealers of different classes] |
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| 15 | 15 | | and one must be an independent dealer. One[; one] member must be a |
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| 16 | 16 | | representative of a manufacturer or distributor that holds a |
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| 17 | 17 | | license issued under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code. Two members[; |
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| 18 | 18 | | one member] must be county [a] tax assessor-collectors. One member |
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| 19 | 19 | | must be a member of a county commissioners court. One |
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| 20 | 20 | | [assessor-collector; one] member must be a representative of a law |
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| 21 | 21 | | enforcement agency of a county or municipality. One[; and one] |
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| 22 | 22 | | member must be a representative of the motor carrier industry. One |
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| 23 | 23 | | member [The remaining members] must be a public member [members]. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect |
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| 25 | 25 | | the entitlement of a member of the board of the Texas Department of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Motor Vehicles serving on the board immediately before the |
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| 27 | 27 | | effective date of this Act to continue to carry out the board's |
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| 28 | 28 | | functions for the remainder of the member's term of appointment. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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