87R5162 CXP-F
 
  By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1188
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the marketing and sale of certain license plates by a
  private vendor.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.851(i), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  A contract entered into by the department with a private
  vendor under this section:
               (1)  must comply with any law generally applicable to a
  contract for services entered into by the department;
               (2)  must require the private vendor to render at least
  quarterly to the department periodic accounts that accurately
  detail all material transactions, including information reasonably
  required by the department to support fees that are collected by the
  vendor, and to regularly remit all money payable to the department
  under the contract; [and]
               (3)  may allow or require the private vendor to
  establish an electronic infrastructure coordinated and compatible
  with the department's registration system, by which motor vehicle
  owners may electronically send and receive applications, other
  documents, or required payments, and that, when secure access is
  necessary, can be electronically validated by the department; and
               (4)  may allow the private vendor to establish a range
  of premium embossed specialty license plates to be marketed and
  sold by the private vendor.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.