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          AN ACT
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        relating to the regulation of certain motor vehicle auctions. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 1802.051(c), Occupations Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (c)  A person who is licensed under this chapter may not act  | 
      
      
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        as an auctioneer for an entity [an auction company] unless the  | 
      
      
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        entity: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  is an auction [the] company [is] owned or operated  | 
      
      
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        by a person who is licensed under this chapter; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  holds a dealer general distinguishing number  | 
      
      
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        issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 503, Transportation Code, and  | 
      
      
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        the auction is for the purpose of auctioning vehicles as defined by  | 
      
      
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        Section 503.001, Transportation Code. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 2519 was passed by the House on May 3,  | 
      
      
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        2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 2519 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        20, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |