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.