Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 3462 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to require that all vessels manufactured in Texas for sale and all vessels sold, numbered, or titled in Texas must carry a manufacturer's hull identification number unless the vessel is exempted by the United States Coast Guard. The act also prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly destroying, removing, altering, covering, or defacing an outboard motor serial number.

            In addition, House Bill 3462 establishes procedures for an individual to obtain from the Parks and Wildlife Department a hull identification number or outboard motor serial number and sets a $25 application fee. Finally, the act provides that the provisions of the act do not apply to vessels with a valid marine document issued by the U.S. Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center.