By Uher H.B. No. 1619
74R6219 JD-D
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. When a lien is discharged, the holder thereof
1-9 shall<, on demand of the owner,> execute the discharge of the lien
1-10 upon such form as may be prescribed by the Department, and upon
1-11 presentation of such evidence, the owner may present the
1-12 certificate of title to the designated agent in the county together
1-13 with application for title as prescribed in this Act and shall
1-14 receive from the Department a new title.
1-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.