Amend HB 1693 on third reading as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 (page 1, line 9), between "vehicle" and "[sold]", insert "transferred".
(2) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 2, line 13 through page 2, line 24).
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 501.174, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section, if [If] a law requires that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.
(d) The department by rule shall establish a process to accept electronic signatures on secure documents which have been electronically signed through a system not controlled by the department.
(e) A system used for submitting electronic signatures to the department must verify the identity of the person electronically signing a document and submit the document through the electronic titling system.
(f) This section does not require the department to certify an electronic signature process or an electronic signature vendor before accepting a document that is executed with an electronic signature.
SECTION ____. Not later than January 1, 2019, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section 501.174(d), Transportation Code, as added by this Act.