By:  Goolsby (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                            H.B. No. 623
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 8, 2003; 
April 9, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Infrastructure Development and Security; May 20, 2003, reported 
favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2003, sent 
to printer.)


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.                           



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