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House Bill 782 |
House Author: Pickett |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Carona |
House Bill 782 amends the Transportation Code to require a vehicle located in a border commercial zone to display a valid Texas registration if the vehicle is owned by a person who owns a leasing facility or a leasing terminal located in Texas and leases the vehicle to a foreign motor carrier. The bill establishes that a valid reciprocity agreement between Texas and a Canadian province that exempts currently registered vehicles owned by nonresidents is effective in a border commercial zone. The bill clarifies that the exemption for a foreign commercial motor vehicle operating in a border commercial zone from Texas vehicle registration laws applies if the vehicle is registered and licensed as required by the country in which the person that owns the vehicle is domiciled or is a citizen. The bill establishes that, for purposes of the law governing foreign commercial motor transportation, "foreign commercial motor vehicle" means a commercial motor vehicle under federal rules that is owned, rather than owned or controlled, by a person or entity that is domiciled in or a citizen of a country other than the United States.