74R9760 JD-D
          By Uher                                               H.B. No. 1619
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1619:
          By Uher                                           C.S.H.B. No. 1619
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the requirement that the holder of a discharged lien on
    1-3  a motor vehicle execute the discharge of the lien.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 47, Certificate of Title Act (Article
    1-6  6687-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
    1-7  follows:
    1-8        Sec. 47.  (a)  When a lien is discharged, the holder of the
    1-9  lien <thereof> shall:
   1-10              (1)  <, on demand of the owner,> execute the discharge
   1-11  of the lien on the <upon such> form <as may be> prescribed by the
   1-12  Department; <,> and
   1-13              (2)  on behalf <upon presentation> of <such evidence,>
   1-14  the owner of the vehicle, apply for a new <may present the>
   1-15  certificate of title to the designated agent in the county
   1-16  <together with application for title> as prescribed in this Act
   1-17  <and shall receive from the Department a new title>.
   1-18        (b)  On receipt of an application for a new certificate of
   1-19  title under Subsection (a), after the requirements of this Act are
   1-20  met, including the payment of required fees, the Department shall
   1-21  issue the owner a new certificate of title.
   1-22        SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-23  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-24  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-1  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-2  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.