By Hill H.B. No. 3060 76R8461 T 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.