By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 3058
         77R8563 JD-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the general requirements for transfers of used motor
 1-3     vehicles.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 520.022, Transportation Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 520.022.  DELIVERY OF RECEIPT AND TITLE TO TRANSFEREE;
 1-8     REMOVAL OF LICENSE PLATES; PENALTY. (a)  A person, whether acting
 1-9     for that person or another, who sells, trades, or otherwise
1-10     transfers a used motor vehicle shall:
1-11                 (1)  remove each license plate attached to the vehicle;
1-12     and
1-13                 (2)  deliver to the transferee at the time of delivery
1-14     of the vehicle:
1-15                       (A) [(1)]  the license receipt issued by the
1-16     department for registration of the vehicle, if the vehicle was
1-17     required to be registered at the time of the delivery; and
1-18                       (B) [(2)]  a properly assigned certificate of
1-19     title or other evidence of title as required under Chapter 501.
1-20           (b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates this
1-21     section.  An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor
1-22     punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
1-23           SECTION 2. Section 520.031(a), Transportation Code, as
1-24     amended by Chapters 836 and 1423, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
 2-1     Regular Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
 2-2           (a)  Not later than the first [20th] working day after the
 2-3     date of receiving the documents under Section 520.022 or 520.0225,
 2-4     the transferee of the used motor vehicle shall file with the county
 2-5     assessor-collector:
 2-6                 (1)  each document received under Section 520.022 [that
 2-7     section]; or
 2-8                 (2)  if appropriate, a document described by Section
 2-9     520.0225(b)(1) or (2) and the certificate of title or other
2-10     evidence of title.
2-11           SECTION 3. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-12           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
2-13     sale, trade, or transfer of a used motor vehicle on or after
2-14     September 1, 2001.
2-15           (c)  The sale, trade, or transfer of a used motor vehicle
2-16     before September 1, 2001, is covered by the law in effect when the
2-17     sale, trade, or transfer occurred, and the former law is continued
2-18     in effect for that purpose.