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1		-	H.B. No. 3842
	1	+	By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3842
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2019;
	3	+	May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Administration; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5		-	relating to the ~~regulation of certain~~ motor vehicle ~~dealers;~~
6		-	~~waiving certain fees~~.
	11	+	relating to the requirement that a motor vehicle dealer obtain a
	12	+	general distinguishing number for a consignment location.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8		-	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Transportation Code,
9		-	is amended by adding Section 501.0236 to read as follows:
10		-	Sec. 501.0236. ISSUANCE OF TITLE AND PERMITS WHEN DEALER
11		-	GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. (a) This section applies only to a person who
12		-	is the purchaser of a motor vehicle for which the dealer:
13		-	(1) is required to apply for a title for the vehicle
14		-	under Section 501.0234; and
15		-	(2) does not apply for the title because the dealer has
16		-	gone out of business.
17		-	(b) A purchaser to whom this section applies may apply for:
18		-	(1) a title in the manner prescribed by the department
19		-	by rule; and
20		-	(2) on expiration of the buyer's tag issued to the
21		-	purchaser under Section 503.063, a 30-day permit under Section
22		-	502.095.
23		-	(c) An application for a title under this section must
24		-	include a release of any recorded lien on the motor vehicle unless
25		-	the only recorded lienholder is a dealer described by Subsection
26		-	(a).
27		-	(d) The department shall waive the payment of fees for:
28		-	(1) a title issued to a purchaser described by this
29		-	section, if the purchaser can show that fees for a title were paid
30		-	to the dealer; and
31		-	(2) one 30-day permit issued to a purchaser described
32		-	by this section.
33		-	(e) Notwithstanding Section 503.033(e), the department may
34		-	recover against the surety bond executed by the dealer under
35		-	Section 503.033 the amount of any fee waived for a title or permit
36		-	issued under this section.
37		-	(f) The department shall adopt the rules necessary to
38		-	implement this section.
39		-	SECTION 2. Section 503.027(a), Transportation Code, is
	14	+	SECTION 1. Section 503.027(a), Transportation Code, is
40	15		amended to read as follows:
41	16		(a) A [If a dealer consigns for sale more than five vehicles
42	17		in a calendar year from a location other than the location for which
43	18		the dealer holds a general distinguishing number, the] dealer must
44	19		[also] hold a general distinguishing number for a [the] consignment
45	20		location unless the consignment location is a wholesale motor
46	21		vehicle auction.
47		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
48		-	______________________________ ______________________________
49		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
50		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3842 was passed by the House on April
51		-	30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 15, 1 present, not
52		-	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
53		-	H.B. No. 3842 on May 24, 2019, and requested the appointment of a
54		-	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
55		-	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
56		-	on H.B. No. 3842 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128,
57		-	Nays 14, 1 present, not voting.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Chief Clerk of the House
60		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3842 was passed by the Senate, with
61		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
62		-	4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
63		-	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
64		-	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
65		-	3842 on May 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Secretary of the Senate
68		-	APPROVED: __________________
69		-	Date
70		-	__________________
71		-	Governor
	22	+	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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