By King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2409
76R7123 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirements for a certificate of title to a motor
1-3 vehicle.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 501.021(a), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A motor vehicle certificate of title is an instrument
1-8 issued by the department that includes:
1-9 (1) the name and address of the purchaser and seller
1-10 at the first sale or the transferee and transferor at a subsequent
1-11 sale;
1-12 (2) the make of the motor vehicle;
1-13 (3) the body type of the vehicle;
1-14 (4) the manufacturer's permanent vehicle
1-15 identification number of the vehicle or the vehicle's motor number
1-16 if the vehicle was manufactured before the date that stamping a
1-17 permanent identification number on a motor vehicle was universally
1-18 adopted;
1-19 (5) the serial number for the vehicle;
1-20 (6) the number on the vehicle's current Texas license
1-21 plates, if any;
1-22 (7) a statement:
1-23 (A) that no lien on the vehicle is recorded; or
1-24 (B) of the name and address of each lienholder
2-1 and the date of each lien on the vehicle, listed in the
2-2 chronological order in which the lien was recorded;
2-3 (8) a space for the signature of the owner of the
2-4 vehicle;
2-5 (9) a statement indicating rights of survivorship
2-6 under Section 501.031;
2-7 (10) if the vehicle has an odometer, the odometer
2-8 reading indicated by the application for the certificate of title;
2-9 and
2-10 (11) any other information required by the department.
2-11 SECTION 2. Section 501.051, Transportation Code, is amended
2-12 to read as follows:
2-13 Sec. 501.051. GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO ISSUE OR FOR REVOCATION
2-14 OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall refuse to
2-15 issue a certificate of title or shall suspend or revoke a
2-16 certificate of title if:
2-17 (1) the application for the certificate contains a
2-18 false or fraudulent statement;
2-19 (2) the applicant failed to furnish required
2-20 information requested by the department;
2-21 (3) the applicant is not entitled to a certificate of
2-22 title;
2-23 (4) the department has reason to believe that the
2-24 motor vehicle is stolen;
2-25 (5) the department has reason to believe that the
2-26 issuance of a certificate of title would defraud the owner or a
2-27 lienholder of the motor vehicle;
3-1 (6) the registration for the motor vehicle is
3-2 suspended or revoked; or
3-3 (7) the required fee has not been paid.
3-4 (b) The department may not refuse to issue a certificate of
3-5 title for a vehicle that is otherwise entitled to have a
3-6 certificate of title but:
3-7 (1) is not registered for a reason other than a reason
3-8 provided by Subsection (a)(6); or
3-9 (2) for which the applicant does not provide evidence
3-10 of financial responsibility that complies with Section 502.153.
3-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-17 passage, and it is so enacted.