| 1 | 1 | | 88R9659 BEE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hall S.B. No. 970 |
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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 a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation |
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| 8 | 8 | | Institute on replacing buyer's temporary tags with permanent |
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| 9 | 9 | | license plates. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "buyer's temporary |
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| 12 | 12 | | tag" means a buyer's temporary tag issued under Section 503.063, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Transportation Code. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. STUDY AND REPORT. (a) The Texas A&M |
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| 15 | 15 | | Transportation Institute shall conduct a study on replacing buyer's |
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| 16 | 16 | | temporary tags with permanent license plates. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The study must: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) evaluate the feasibility of authorizing: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) a dealer to issue permanent license plates to |
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| 20 | 20 | | a buyer at the time of the sale of a motor vehicle, including for a |
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| 21 | 21 | | vehicle sale taking place on the Internet; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) the use of license plates issued at the |
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| 23 | 23 | | initial retail sale of a motor vehicle in this state by the initial |
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| 24 | 24 | | owner and all subsequent owners of the vehicle for the life of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | vehicle in this state; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) estimate the financial and any other benefits to |
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| 27 | 27 | | this state of the proposals described in Subdivision (1) of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | subsection, including any anticipated reduction in: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) fraud related to the current system for |
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| 30 | 30 | | issuing buyer's temporary tags; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) costs to all levels of government in this |
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| 32 | 32 | | state of: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (i) the current system for issuing buyer's |
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| 34 | 34 | | temporary tags; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (ii) the current requirement that new |
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| 36 | 36 | | permanent license plates be issued for a motor vehicle for each |
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| 37 | 37 | | retail sale of the vehicle. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) Not later than November 1, 2024, the Texas A&M |
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| 39 | 39 | | Transportation Institute shall submit to the governor, the |
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| 40 | 40 | | lieutenant governor, and the legislature a report on the results of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the study conducted under this section. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires January 1, 2025. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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| 44 | 44 | | 1, 2023. |
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