By: Culberson H.B. No. 883
73R3955 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to inventory and inventory records of an automobile
1-3 salvage dealer.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 1(c) and (f), Chapter 506, Acts of the
1-6 57th Legislature, Regular Session, 1961 (Article 6687-2, Vernon's
1-7 Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
1-8 (c) A motor vehicle salvage dealer shall keep an accurate
1-9 and legible inventory of each component part purchased by or
1-10 delivered to him, as follows:
1-11 (1) date of purchase or delivery;
1-12 (2) name, age, address, sex, and driver's license
1-13 number of the seller and a legible photocopy of the seller's
1-14 driver's license;
1-15 (3) the license number of the motor vehicle used to
1-16 deliver the component part;
1-17 (4) a complete description of the item purchased,
1-18 including the type of material and, if applicable, the make, model,
1-19 color, and size of the item; and
1-20 (5) the vehicle identification number of the motor
1-21 vehicle from which the component part was removed and a legible
1-22 photocopy of the certificate of title or salvage certificate of
1-23 title for the motor vehicle.
1-24 (f)(1) A motor vehicle salvage dealer shall:
2-1 (A) assign a unique inventory number to each
2-2 transaction in which the salvage dealer purchases or takes delivery
2-3 of one or more component parts;
2-4 (B) attach the unique inventory number to each
2-5 component part the dealer obtains in the transaction; and
2-6 (C) retain each component part in its original
2-7 condition on the business premises of the salvage dealer for at
2-8 least five calendar days after the date on which the dealer obtains
2-9 the part.
2-10 (2) A unique inventory number attached to a component
2-11 part as required by Subdivision (1) of this subsection may not be
2-12 removed while the part remains in the inventory of the motor
2-13 vehicle salvage dealer. <If a component part does not have a
2-14 vehicle identification number or the vehicle identification number
2-15 has been removed or the vehicle identification number of the
2-16 vehicle from which the component part was removed is not available,
2-17 a motor vehicle salvage dealer shall record the component part or
2-18 component parts on an affidavit bill of sale. The form of the
2-19 affidavit bill of sale shall be prescribed and made available by
2-20 the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.>
2-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
2-22 applies only to component parts of motor vehicles received by a
2-23 motor vehicle salvage dealer on or after that date. A motor
2-24 vehicle component part received by a motor vehicle salvage dealer
2-25 before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in
2-26 effect at the time the dealer received the part, and the former law
2-27 is continued in effect for this purpose.
3-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.