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House Bill 2112 |
House Author: Thompson, Ed |
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Effective: Vetoed |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 2112 amends the Transportation Code to include a flood vehicle as a salvage motor vehicle for purposes of the Certificate of Title Act. The bill, among other provisions regarding the titling of a salvage motor vehicle and a nonrepairable motor vehicle, repeals an Occupations Code provision that requires the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to prescribe the form of the record required for a salvage vehicle dealer regarding used component parts and repeals a Transportation Code provision that sets out requirements for the appearance of a title for a salvage motor vehicle or nonrepairable motor vehicle.
Governor's Reason for Veto: "After Hurricane Harvey, I formed the Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas, which identified ways to improve how our government responds to natural disasters. One of the Commission's recommendations was to develop a process for the Department of Motor Vehicles to coordinate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that it has the information necessary to identify flooded vehicles. I have now signed into law House Bill 2310, which implements that recommendation.
"House Bill 2112 also seeks to address the challenge of identifying flooded vehicles, but in doing so, it would eliminate the current methodology for identification and repeal the provision of law added by House Bill 2310. The new process established in House Bill 2310 should have a chance to work."