88R3724 CXP-D
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 3288
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice of transfer of a used motor vehicle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 501.147(b) and (c), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The notice of transfer shall be provided by the
  department and must include a place for the seller to state:
               (1)  a complete description of the vehicle as
  prescribed by the department;
               (2)  the full name, [and] address, and telephone number
  of the seller;
               (3)  the full name, [and] address, and telephone number
  of the purchaser;
               (4)  the date the seller delivered possession of the
  vehicle to the purchaser;
               (5)  the signature of the seller; and
               (6)  the date the seller signed the form.
         (c)  This subsection applies only if the department receives
  notice under Subsection (a) that includes the full name, address,
  and telephone number of the purchaser before the 30th day after the
  date the seller delivered possession of the vehicle to the
  purchaser or in accordance with Section 152.069, Tax Code. After
  the date of the transfer of the vehicle shown on the records of the
  department, the purchaser of the vehicle shown on the records is
  rebuttably presumed to be:
               (1)  the owner of the vehicle; and
               (2)  subject to civil and criminal liability arising
  out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle, to the
  extent that ownership of the vehicle subjects the owner of the
  vehicle to criminal or civil liability under another provision of
  law.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the transfer of a used motor vehicle that occurs on or after the
  effective date of this Act. The transfer of a used motor vehicle
  that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect at the time of the transfer, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.