By: Nichols S.B. No. 1029
(In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2025; February 24, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
March 26, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 1; March 26, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the advertising of certain used motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 2301.364 to read as follows:
Sec. 2301.364. ADVERTISING BY DEALERS OF CERTAIN USED MOTOR
VEHICLES. Notwithstanding any other law, a dealer may advertise
for sale a specific used motor vehicle that is not in the possession
of the dealer at the time the advertisement is placed if the
advertisement:
(1) clearly and conspicuously discloses that the
vehicle is not in the possession of the dealer;
(2) states that the motor vehicle may be obtained
within a reasonable time from the manufacturer, the distributor, or
a manufacturer- or distributor-affiliated financial institution;
and
(3) includes the vehicle identification number of the
specific motor vehicle, if the price of the vehicle is advertised.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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