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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notice provided by a purchaser of a motor vehicle of |
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the designated county of title issuance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.0234(e), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The [department shall develop a form or electronic
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process in which the] purchaser of a motor vehicle may notify the |
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seller, at the time of purchase, of [shall designate] the |
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purchaser's choice as set out in Section 501.023 as the recipient of |
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all taxes, fees, and other revenue collected as a result of the |
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transaction, which the tax assessor-collector is authorized by law |
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to retain. [A seller shall make that form or electronic process
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available to the purchaser of a vehicle at the time of purchase.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |