bill covering out-of-state salvage vehicles in title applications

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89R5551 MZM-F

By: West
S.B. No. 2247

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to applications for title for certain salvage vehicles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 501.100, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 501.100. APPLICATION FOR [ REGULAR CERTIFICATE OF ]

TITLE FOR SALVAGE VEHICLE.

SECTION 2. Sections 501.100(a) and (f), Transportation

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) The owner of a motor vehicle for which a nonrepairable

vehicle title was issued prior to September 1, 2003, [ or ] for which

a salvage vehicle title or salvage record of title has been issued ,

or for which a comparable out-of-state ownership document for a

salvage motor vehicle has been issued, may apply for a title under

Section 501.023 after the motor vehicle has been repaired, rebuilt,

or reconstructed and, in addition to any other requirement of law,

only if the application:

(1) describes each major component part used to

repair , rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle;

(2) states the name of each person from whom the parts

used in repairing, rebuilding, or reconstructing [ assembling ] the

vehicle were obtained; and

(3) shows the identification number required by

federal law to be affixed to or inscribed on the part.

(f) The department may not issue a [ regular ] title for a

motor vehicle based on a:

(1) nonrepairable vehicle title issued on or after

September 1, 2003, or comparable out-of-state ownership document or

record, or evidence of a notation described by Section

501.09113(a)(2) on an out-of-state ownership document or record in

the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System ;

(2) receipt issued under Section 501.1003(b); or

(3) certificate of authority issued under Chapter 683 .

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.