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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | + | March 27, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; March 27, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to a hearing on the refusal to issue or the revocation or |
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| 9 | 12 | | suspension of a vehicle title. |
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| 10 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 501.052, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 15 | | by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to |
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| 13 | 16 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 17 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), an [An] |
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| 15 | 18 | | interested person aggrieved by a refusal, rescission, |
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| 16 | 19 | | cancellation, suspension, or revocation under Section 501.051 may |
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| 17 | 20 | | apply for a hearing to the county assessor-collector for the county |
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| 18 | 21 | | in which the person is a resident. On the day an assessor-collector |
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| 19 | 22 | | receives the application, the assessor-collector shall notify the |
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| 20 | 23 | | department of the date of the hearing. |
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| 21 | 24 | | (f) A person may not apply for a hearing under this section |
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| 22 | 25 | | if the department's decision under Section 501.051 is related to: |
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| 23 | 26 | | (1) a title for a salvage motor vehicle or a |
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| 24 | 27 | | nonrepairable motor vehicle, as defined by Section 501.091; or |
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| 25 | 28 | | (2) a title for a vehicle: |
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| 26 | 29 | | (A) that is the subject of any pending litigation |
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| 27 | 30 | | or court proceedings; |
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| 28 | 31 | | (B) for which a court has awarded ownership or |
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| 29 | 32 | | possession to another person; or |
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| 30 | 33 | | (C) that is held as evidence in a criminal |
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| 31 | 34 | | investigation. |
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| 32 | 35 | | (g) A county assessor-collector who receives an application |
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| 33 | 36 | | for a hearing submitted in violation of Subsection (f): |
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| 34 | 37 | | (1) shall deny the application; and |
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| 35 | 38 | | (2) is not required to send notice under Subsection |
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| 36 | 39 | | (a) or hold a hearing under Subsection (b). |
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| 37 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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