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Amend CSSB 626 by striking SECTION 2T of the bill (page 10, 
line 47 through page 15, line 24) and by striking SECTION 4.01 of 
the bill (page 28, line 4 through page 28, line 61) and substituting 
the following:
	SECTION 4.01.  (a)  All powers, duties, obligations, and 
rights of action of the Motor Vehicle Division and the Vehicle 
Titles and Registration Division of the Texas Department of 
Transportation are transferred to the Texas Department of Motor 
Vehicles, and all powers, duties, obligations, and rights of action 
of the Texas Transportation Commission in connection or associated 
with those divisions of the Texas Department of Transportation are 
transferred to the board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles 
on November 1, 2009.
	(b)  The powers, duties, obligations, and rights of action of 
the portion of the Motor Carrier Division of the Texas Department of 
Transportation that is responsible for motor carrier registration 
and the enforcement of Subtitle F, Title 7, Transportation Code are 
transferred to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the 
associated powers, duties, obligations, and rights of action of the 
Texas Transportation Commission are transferred to the board of the 
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles on November 1, 2009.
	(c)  In connection with the transfers required by 
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the personnel, furniture, 
computers, other property and equipment, files, and related 
materials used by the Motor Vehicle Division, the Vehicle Titles 
and Registration Division or the portion of the Motor Carrier 
Division of the Texas Department of Transportation described in 
Subsection (b) are transferred to the Texas Department of Motor 
Vehicles.
	(d)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall continue 
any proceeding involving the Motor Vehicle Division, the Vehicle 
Titles and Registration Division, or the portion of the Motor 
Carrier Division of the Texas Department of Transportation 
described in Subsection (b) that was brought before the effective 
date of this Act in accordance with the law in effect on the date the 
proceeding was brought, and the former law is continued in effect 
for that purpose.
	(e)  A certificate, license, document, permit, registration, 
or other authorization issued by the Motor Vehicle Division, or the 
Vehicle Titles and Registration Division of the Texas Department of 
Transportation or a registration issued by the Motor Carrier 
Division of the Texas Department of Transportation that is in 
effect on the effective date of this Act remains valid for the 
period for which it was issued unless suspended or revoked by the 
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
	(f)  A rule adopted by the Texas Transportation Commission or 
the director of the Texas Department of Transportation in 
connection with or relating to the Motor Vehicle Division, the 
Vehicle Titles and Registration Division, or the portion of the 
Motor Carrier Division of the Texas Department of Transportation 
described in Subsection (b) continues in effect until it is amended 
or repealed by the board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles 
or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, as applicable.
	(g)  The unobligated and unexpended balance of any 
appropriations made to the Texas Department of Transportation in 
connection with or relating to the Motor Vehicle Division, the 
Vehicle Titles and Registration Division, or the portion of the 
Motor Carrier Division of the Texas Department of Transportation 
described in Subsection (b) for the state fiscal biennium ending 
August 31, 2009, is transferred and reappropriated to the Texas 
Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of implementing the 
powers, duties, obligations, and rights of action transferred to 
that department under Subsection (a) of this section.