By Brimer H.B. No. 1777
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to occupational regulations for vehicle storage facilities
1-3 and tow truck motor carriers.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 643.054, Transportation Code, is amended
1-6 by adding subsection (b) as follows:
1-7 (a) The department shall register a motor carrier under this
1-8 subchapter if the carrier complies with Sections 643.052 and
1-9 643.053. The department may deny a registration if the applicant
1-10 has had a registration revoked under Section 643.252.
1-11 (b) The department shall deny the registration of any tow
1-12 truck carrier who has or who employs another person to operate a
1-13 tow truck who has a criminal conviction involving theft or burglary
1-14 or a business, residence or automobile.
1-15 (c) The department shall issue a certificate containing a
1-16 single registration number to a motor carrier, regardless of the
1-17 number of vehicles requiring registration the carrier operates.
1-18 (d) To avoid multiple registrations of a single motor
1-19 carrier, the department shall adopt simplified procedures for the
1-20 registration of motor carriers transporting household goods as
1-21 agents for carriers required to register under this chapter.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 7, Vehicle Storage Facility Act, (Article
2-1 Art. 6687-9a Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
2-2 follows:
2-3 Sec. 7. The department shall approve an application that is
2-4 submitted as provided by Section 6 of this article for a license to
2-5 operate a vehicle storage facility unless the department determines
2-6 that:
2-7 (1) the applicant knowingly supplied false or
2-8 incomplete information on the application;
2-9 (2) the applicant, one of the applicant's partners, a
2-10 principal or the general manager of the applicant, or one of the
2-11 applicant's officers, or any person employed by the vehicle storage
2-12 facility has been convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor for which
2-13 the maximum punishment is by confinement in jail or by a fine
2-14 exceeding $500, in the [three] 10 years preceding the date of the
2-15 application; or
2-16 (3) the vehicle storage facility for which the license
2-17 is sought does not meet the standards for storage facilities
2-18 established by the rules of the commission.
2-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.