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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.