By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 1464
(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
March 27, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 27, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a hearing on the refusal to issue or the revocation or
suspension of a vehicle title.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.052, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), an [An]
interested person aggrieved by a refusal, rescission,
cancellation, suspension, or revocation under Section 501.051 may
apply for a hearing to the county assessor-collector for the county
in which the person is a resident. On the day an assessor-collector
receives the application, the assessor-collector shall notify the
department of the date of the hearing.
(f) A person may not apply for a hearing under this section
if the department's decision under Section 501.051 is related to:
(1) a title for a salvage motor vehicle or a
nonrepairable motor vehicle, as defined by Section 501.091; or
(2) a title for a vehicle:
(A) that is the subject of any pending litigation
or court proceedings;
(B) for which a court has awarded ownership or
possession to another person; or
(C) that is held as evidence in a criminal
investigation.
(g) A county assessor-collector who receives an application
for a hearing submitted in violation of Subsection (f):
(1) shall deny the application; and
(2) is not required to send notice under Subsection
(a) or hold a hearing under Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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