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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the titling and registration of certain motor vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.021, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A certificate of title for a motor vehicle that has been |
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the subject of an ordered repurchase or replacement under Chapter |
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2301, Occupations Code, must contain on its face a notice |
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sufficient to inform a purchaser that the motor vehicle has been the |
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subject of an ordered repurchase or replacement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 520.023, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) A transferor who files the appropriate form with the |
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department as provided by, and in accordance with, this section, |
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whether that form is a part of a certificate of title or a form |
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otherwise promulgated by the department to comply with the terms of |
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this section, has no vicarious civil or criminal liability arising |
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out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle by another |
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person. Proof by the transferor that the transferor filed a form |
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under this section is a complete defense to an action brought |
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against the transferor for an act or omission, civil or criminal, |
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arising out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle by |
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another person after the transferor filed the form. A copy of the |
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form filed under this section is proof of the filing of the form. |
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SECTION 3. Section 702.003, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) This section does not apply to the registration of a |
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motor vehicle under Section 501.0234. |
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SECTION 4. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.017. ENFORCEMENT. If the owner of a motor vehicle |
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is delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this |
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chapter, the county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of |
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Transportation may refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to |
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have been involved in the violation. This section does not apply to |
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the registration of a motor vehicle under Section 501.0234. |
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SECTION 5. (a) The change in law made to Section 501.021, |
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Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a title |
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issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A title issued |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) The change in law made to Section 520.023, |
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Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a |
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transfer of a vehicle that occurred on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. A transfer that occurred before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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(c) The change in law made to Sections 702.003 and 707.017, |
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Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a |
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registration period beginning on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |