By: Carona S.B. No. 845
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to disposal of certain motor vehicles.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 683.051, Transportation Code, is amended
1-4 to read as follows:
1-5 Sec. 683.051. APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF
1-6 CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES. A person may apply to the department for
1-7 authority:
1-8 (1) to sell, give away, or dispose of a motor vehicle
1-9 to a motor vehicle demolisher if:
1-10 (A) the person owns the motor vehicle and the
1-11 certificate of title to the vehicle is lost, destroyed, or faulty;
1-12 or
1-13 (B) the vehicle is an abandoned motor vehicle
1-14 and is:
1-15 (i) in the possession of the person; or
1-16 (ii) located on property owned by the
1-17 person; or
1-18 (2) to dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle
1-19 demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if:
1-20 (A) the abandoned motor vehicle:
1-21 (i) is in the possession of the person;
1-22 (ii) is more than eight years old;
1-23 (iii) either has no motor or is otherwise
1-24 totally inoperable or does not comply with all applicable air
2-1 pollution emissions control related requirements included in:
2-2 (aa) the vehicle inspection requirements under Chapter 548, as
2-3 evidenced by a current inspection certificate affixed to the
2-4 vehicle windshield; or (bb) the vehicle emissions inspection and
2-5 maintenance requirements contained in the Public Safety
2-6 Commission's motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance
2-7 program under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, or the state's air quality
2-8 state implementation plan; and
2-9 (iv) was authorized to be towed by a law
2-10 enforcement agency; and
2-11 (B) the law enforcement agency approves the
2-12 application.
2-13 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 683.054, Transportation
2-14 Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-15 (b) Without giving the notice required by Section 683.053,
2-16 the department may issue to an applicant under Section 683.051(2) a
2-17 certificate of authority to dispose of the motor vehicle to a
2-18 demolisher if the vehicle meets the requirements of Sections
2-19 683.051(2)(A)(ii) and (iii)[:]
2-20 [(1) is more than eight years old; and]
2-21 [(2) has no motor or is otherwise totally inoperable].
2-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.