By Hill H.B. No. 3060
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to issuance of a title to a commercial vehicle for
1-3 registration purposes only.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 501.023, Transportation Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 501.023. Application for Certificate of Title.
1-8 (a) The owner of a motor vehicle must apply for a certificate of
1-9 title:
1-10 (1) to the county assessor-collector in the county in
1-11 which:
1-12 (A) the owner is domiciled; or
1-13 (B) the motor vehicle is purchased or
1-14 encumbered; and
1-15 (2) on a form prescribed by the department.
1-16 (b) The assessor-collector shall send the application to the
1-17 department not later than 24 hours after receiving the application.
1-18 (c) The owner or lessee of a commercial vehicle operating
1-19 under the International Registration Plan or other agreement, as
1-20 specified under Section 502.054, applying for a certificate of
1-21 title for registration purposes only shall:
1-22 (1) make application directly to the department;
1-23 (2) all fees required under Section 501.138 shall be
1-24 collected by the department to be distributed according to the
2-1 provisions therein.
2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.