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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedural requirements for disposal of certain |
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vehicles by a vehicle storage facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 2303.154(a) and (b), Occupations Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If a vehicle is not claimed by a person permitted to |
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claim the vehicle or is not taken into custody by a law enforcement |
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agency under Chapter 683, Transportation Code, before the 21st |
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[41st] day after the date notice is mailed or published under |
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Section 2303.151 or 2303.152, the operator of the vehicle storage |
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facility shall send a second notice to the registered owner and the |
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primary lienholder of the vehicle. |
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(b) Notice under this section must include: |
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(1) the information listed in Section 2303.153(a); |
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(2) a statement of the right of the facility to dispose |
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of the vehicle under Section 2303.157; and |
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(3) a statement that the failure of the owner or |
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lienholder to claim the vehicle before the 21st [30th] day after the |
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date the notice is provided is: |
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(A) a waiver by that person of all right, title, |
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or interest in the vehicle; and |
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(B) a consent to the sale of the vehicle at a |
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public sale. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2303.157(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The operator of a vehicle storage facility may dispose |
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of a vehicle for which notice is given under Section 2303.154 if, |
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before the 21st [30th] day after the date notice is mailed, the |
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vehicle is not: |
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(1) claimed by a person entitled to claim the vehicle; |
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or |
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(2) taken into custody by a law enforcement agency |
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under Chapter 683, Transportation Code. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A vehicle towed to a vehicle storage |
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facility before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the vehicle was towed to the facility, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |