HBA-MPA H.B. 2266 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2266
By: Hamric
Transportation
3/21/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the licensed dealer of a motor vehicle is responsible to "apply,
in the name of the purchaser of the vehicle, for the registration of the
vehicle and a certificate of title for the vehicle" (Section
501.0234(a)(1), Transportation Code).  Another statute authorizes both the
tax assessorcollector and the Texas Department of Transportation to refuse
to register a vehicle upon receiving "information that the owner of the
vehicle owes the county money for a fine, fee, or tax that is past due"
(Section 502.185(a), Transportation Code).  In this situation, the party
responsible (the dealer) for the registration is also responsible for
duties over which that party has no control.  H.B. 2266 exempts a licensed
motor vehicle dealer from the provisions of Section 502.185 (Refusal to
Register Vehicle in Certain Counties).   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 502.185, Transportation Code, to exempt from the
provisions of this section the registration of a motor vehicle under
Section 501.0234 (Duty of Vehicle Dealer on Sale of Certain Vehicles). 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.