By Wentworth                                          S.B. No. 1146
         76R8999 DWS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to exemption from regulation of certain bus manufacturers.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 503.024(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  A person is not required to obtain a dealer general
 1-7     distinguishing number if the person:
 1-8                 (1)  sells or offers to sell during a calendar year
 1-9     fewer than five vehicles of the same type that are owned and
1-10     registered in that person's name; [or]
1-11                 (2)  is a federal, state, or local governmental agency;
1-12     or
1-13                 (3)  sells buses manufactured by the person outside
1-14     this state only to municipalities, transit authorities, and other
1-15     governmental entities in this state.
1-16           SECTION 2.  Section 4.01, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code
1-17     (Article 4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
1-18     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-19           (e)  This Act does not apply to a person who sells buses
1-20     manufactured by the person outside this state only to
1-21     municipalities, transit authorities, and other governmental
1-22     entities in this state.