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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. Section 2303.154(a), Occupations Code, is |
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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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SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |