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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of transfer of a used motor vehicle. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 501.147(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The notice of transfer shall be provided by the |
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department and must include a place for the seller to state: |
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(1) a complete description of the vehicle as |
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prescribed by the department; |
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(2) the full name, [and] address, and telephone number |
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of the seller; |
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(3) the full name, [and] address, and telephone number |
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of the purchaser; |
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(4) the date the seller delivered possession of the |
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vehicle to the purchaser; |
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(5) the signature of the seller; and |
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(6) the date the seller signed the form. |
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(c) This subsection applies only if the department receives |
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notice under Subsection (a) that includes the full name, address, |
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and telephone number of the purchaser before the 30th day after the |
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date the seller delivered possession of the vehicle to the |
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purchaser or in accordance with Section 152.069, Tax Code. After |
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the date of the transfer of the vehicle shown on the records of the |
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department, the purchaser of the vehicle shown on the records is |
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rebuttably presumed to be: |
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(1) the owner of the vehicle; and |
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(2) subject to civil and criminal liability arising |
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out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle, to the |
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extent that ownership of the vehicle subjects the owner of the |
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vehicle to criminal or civil liability under another provision of |
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law. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the transfer of a used motor vehicle that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. The transfer of a used motor vehicle |
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that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect at the time of the transfer, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |