By Uher H.B. No. 1137
75R4974 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 501.115, Transportation Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 501.115. DISCHARGE OF LIEN. (a) If the debt or claim
1-8 secured by a lien has been satisfied, the lienholder[, on the
1-9 demand of the owner,] shall:
1-10 (1) execute and deliver to the owner a discharge of
1-11 the lien on a form prescribed by the department; and
1-12 (2) on behalf of the owner, apply[.]
1-13 [(b) The owner may present the discharge and certificate of
1-14 title] to the county assessor-collector [with an application] for a
1-15 new certificate of title.
1-16 (b) On receipt of the application for a new certificate of
1-17 title, after each requirement of this chapter is met, including the
1-18 payment of any required fee, [and] the department shall issue a new
1-19 certificate of title.
1-20 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.