| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the requirement that motor vehicle dealers apply for |
|
|
the registration of and title for certain vehicles sold by the |
|
|
dealer. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 501.0234(d), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(d) A seller who applies for the registration of or a title |
|
|
for a motor vehicle under Subsection (a)(1) shall apply in: |
|
|
(1) the county in which the motor vehicle is |
|
|
purchased; or |
|
|
(2) a county described by Section 501.023(a) that is |
|
|
agreed upon by the seller and purchaser [as directed by the
|
|
|
purchaser from the counties set forth in Section 501.023]. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 501.0234(e), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
repealed. |
|
|
SECTION 3. The changes in a law made by this Act apply to an |
|
|
application for the registration of or a title for a motor vehicle |
|
|
purchased on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
|
|
application for the registration of or a title for a motor vehicle |
|
|
purchased before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
|
|
law in effect when the vehicle was purchased, and the former law is |
|
|
continued in effect for that purpose. |
|
|
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |