78R6180 MTB-D


By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 623

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 623:                                    

By:  Phillips                                                 C.S.H.B. No. 623



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the regulation of motor vehicle title services.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 520.052, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 520.052.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies to 
any motor vehicle title service operating in a county that has a 
population of more than 500,000 [2.8 million].
	SECTION 2.  A person required to hold a license under 
Subchapter E, Chapter 520, Transportation Code, as amended by this 
Act, in a county with a population of 2.8 million or less, is not 
required to hold a license before October 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.