Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1678 amends Transportation Code provisions relating to nonrepairable and salvage motor vehicles. The bill prohibits an out-of-state buyer from purchasing a salvage motor vehicle or a nonrepairable motor vehicle in this state unless the person has been issued a license by the Texas Department of Transportation that authorizes the purchase. It modifies the definitions of "out-of-state buyer" and "salvage vehicle agent," and it amends what must be stated on the face of a certificate of title for nonrepairable and rebuilt salvage motor vehicles. The bill authorizes a salvage motor vehicle dealer to sell a late model salvage motor vehicle to an individual and prohibits a person who holds a nonrepairable motor vehicle certificate of title for a vehicle from rebuilding the vehicle.

            House Bill 1678 takes effect September 1, 2001, except for the out-of-state buyer's license provision, which takes effect March 1, 2002.