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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to applications for title for certain salvage vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 501.100, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.100. APPLICATION FOR [REGULAR CERTIFICATE OF] |
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TITLE FOR SALVAGE VEHICLE. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 501.100(a) and (f), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The owner of a motor vehicle for which a nonrepairable |
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vehicle title was issued prior to September 1, 2003, [or] for which |
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a salvage vehicle title or salvage record of title has been issued, |
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or for which a comparable out-of-state ownership document for a |
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salvage motor vehicle has been issued, may apply for a title under |
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Section 501.023 after the motor vehicle has been repaired, rebuilt, |
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or reconstructed and, in addition to any other requirement of law, |
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only if the application: |
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(1) describes each major component part used to |
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repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle; |
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(2) states the name of each person from whom the parts |
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used in repairing, rebuilding, or reconstructing [assembling] the |
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vehicle were obtained; and |
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(3) shows the identification number required by |
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federal law to be affixed to or inscribed on the part. |
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(f) The department may not issue a [regular] title for a |
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motor vehicle based on a: |
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(1) nonrepairable vehicle title issued on or after |
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September 1, 2003, or comparable out-of-state ownership document or |
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record, or evidence of a notation described by Section |
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501.09113(a)(2) on an out-of-state ownership document or record in |
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the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System; |
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(2) receipt issued under Section 501.1003(b); or |
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(3) certificate of authority issued under Chapter 683. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |