By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3416
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to motor vehicle title services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 520.054(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An application must include:
               (1)  the applicant's name, business address, and
  business telephone number;
               (2)  the name under which the applicant will do
  business;
               (3)  the physical address of each office from which the
  applicant will conduct business;
               (4)  a statement indicating whether the applicant has
  previously applied for a license under this subchapter, the result
  of the previous application, and whether the applicant has ever
  been the holder of a license under this subchapter that was revoked
  or suspended;
               (5)  information from the applicant as required by the
  county tax assessor-collector to establish the business reputation
  and character of the applicant;
               (6)  the applicant's federal tax identification number;
               (7)  the applicant's state sales tax number; [and]
               (8)  a legible photocopy of the current driver's
  license, personal identification certificate, or official
  identification card issued to the applicant by this state, another
  state, or the United States, which must bear a photograph of the
  applicant; and
               (9)  any other information required by rules adopted
  under this subchapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 520.062, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  In this section, "convicted" means an adjudication of
  guilt or an order of deferred adjudication entered against a person
  by a court, regardless of whether the imposition of the sentence is
  subsequently probated and the person discharged from community
  supervision.  The term does not include an adjudication of guilt or
  an order of deferred adjudication that has been subsequently:
               (1)  expunged; or
               (2)  pardoned under the authority of an official of
  this state or the United States.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
  Section 520.054, Transportation Code, applies only to an
  application for a motor vehicle title service license that is filed
  on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a
  motor vehicle title service license filed before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the application
  was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 520.057,
  Transportation Code, applies only to a transaction regulated by
  that section that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
  A transaction that occurred before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the transaction occurred, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.