88R14381 BEE-F
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1904
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, or
  semitrailer.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.040(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Not more than 30 days after purchasing a vehicle or
  becoming a resident of this state, the owner of a motor vehicle,
  trailer, or semitrailer shall apply for the registration of the
  vehicle for:
               (1)  each registration year in which the vehicle is
  used or to be used on a public highway; and
               (2)  if the vehicle is unregistered for a registration
  year that has begun and that applies to the vehicle and if the
  vehicle is used or to be used on a public highway, a [the remaining
  portion of that] registration year designated by the department of
  12 consecutive months to begin on the day of registration.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.