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Senate Bill 1235 |
Senate Author: Davis, Wendy |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Veasey |
Senate Bill 1235 amends the Transportation Code to remove references to a cardboard tag in provisions relating to the issuance and use of temporary tags on vehicles in the Certificate of Title Act, dealer's and manufacturer's vehicle license plates law, and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act. The bill establishes that a dealer's authority to issue a temporary tag for use on an unregistered vehicle only for certain purposes does not prohibit a dealer from permitting a customer to operate a vehicle temporarily while the customer's vehicle is being repaired. The bill makes a buyer's temporary tag expire on the earlier of the date on which the vehicle is registered or the 60th, rather than 21st, day after the date of purchase. The bill amends the Tax Code to require the seller of a motor vehicle sold in a seller-financed sale to apply for the registration of, and a Texas certificate of title for, the motor vehicle in the name of the purchaser to the appropriate county tax assessor-collector not later than the 45th day after the date the motor vehicle is delivered to the purchaser.