Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

         
            S.B. No. 261
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Transportation Code 731.001 (Transportation Code 731)
Senate Committee Report: Transportation Code 501.002, Transportation Code 502.001, Transportation Code 502.040, Transportation Code 731.001 (Transportation Code 502, Transportation Code 501, Transportation Code 731)
Engrossed: Transportation Code 501.002, Transportation Code 502.001, Transportation Code 502.040, Transportation Code 731.001 (Transportation Code 502, Transportation Code 501, Transportation Code 731)
House Committee Report: Transportation Code 501.002, Transportation Code 502.001, Transportation Code 502.040, Transportation Code 731.001 (Transportation Code 502, Transportation Code 501, Transportation Code 731)
Enrolled: Transportation Code 501.002, Transportation Code 502.001, Transportation Code 502.040, Transportation Code 731.001 (Transportation Code 502, Transportation Code 501, Transportation Code 731)

               AN ACT
            
            relating to titling and registration of assembled trailers.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 501.002, Transportation Code, is amended 
         
            by amending Subdivisions (1), (1-a), (8), (19), and (31) and adding 
         
            Subdivisions (1-b) and (8-a) to read as follows:
         
                         (1)  "Assembled trailer" means a trailer, semitrailer, 
         
            or travel trailer that is built or assembled by a hobbyist.
         
                         (1-a) "Assembled vehicle" has the meaning assigned by 
         
            Section 731.001.
         
                         (1-b) [(1-a)]  "Certificate of title" means a printed 
         
            record of title issued under Section 501.021.
         
                         (8)  "First sale" means:
         
                               (A)  the bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery of a 
         
            motor vehicle, other than an assembled trailer or assembled 
         
            vehicle, that has not been previously registered or titled, with 
         
            intent to pass an interest in the motor vehicle, other than a lien, 
         
            regardless of where the bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery 
         
            occurred; and
         
                               (B)  the registration or titling of that vehicle.
         
                         (8-a)  "Hobbyist" means a person who:
         
                               (A)  builds or assembles an assembled trailer for 
         
            personal use;
         
                               (B)  does not engage in the continuous sale of 
         
            vehicles, as defined by the department; and
         
                               (C)  is not the maker of a kit or a manufacturer, 
         
            as defined by Section 2301.002, Occupations Code.
         
                         (19)  "Owner" means:
         
                               (A)  a person, other than a manufacturer, 
         
            importer, distributor, or dealer, claiming title to or having a 
         
            right to operate under a lien a motor vehicle that has been subject 
         
            to a first sale; or
         
                               (B)  a hobbyist who constructed an assembled 
         
            trailer.
         
                         (31)  "Used motor vehicle" means:
         
                               (A)  a motor vehicle that has been the subject of a 
         
            first sale; [or]
         
                               (B)  an assembled vehicle that has been issued a 
         
            title; or
         
                               (C)  an assembled trailer that has been issued a 
         
            title or has been registered under Chapter 502.
         
                   SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Transportation Code, 
         
            is amended by adding Section 501.009 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 501.009.  ASSEMBLED TRAILER.  For purposes of this 
         
            chapter, an assembled trailer is considered to be, as applicable, a 
         
            trailer, semitrailer, or travel trailer, including a farm trailer 
         
            or farm semitrailer.
         
                   SECTION 3.  Section 502.001, Transportation Code, is amended 
         
            by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
         
                         (2-a)  "Assembled trailer" has the meaning assigned by 
         
            Section 501.002.
         
                   SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
         
            is amended by adding Section 502.006 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 502.006.  ASSEMBLED TRAILER.  For purposes of this 
         
            chapter, an assembled trailer is considered to be, as applicable, a 
         
            trailer, semitrailer, or travel trailer, including a farm trailer 
         
            or farm semitrailer.
         
                   SECTION 5.  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, or completing construction of an 
         
            assembled trailer, the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, [or] 
         
            semitrailer, or assembled trailer 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, the remaining 
         
            portion of that registration year.
         
                   SECTION 6.  Section 731.001(a)(4), Transportation Code, is




	AN ACT
	relating to titling and registration of assembled trailers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 501.002, Transportation Code, is amended
	by amending Subdivisions (1), (1-a), (8), (19), and (31) and adding
	Subdivisions (1-b) and (8-a) to read as follows:
	(1) "Assembled trailer" means a trailer, semitrailer,
	or travel trailer that is built or assembled by a hobbyist.
	(1-a) "Assembled vehicle" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 731.001.
	(1-b) [~~(1-a)~~] "Certificate of title" means a printed
	record of title issued under Section 501.021.
	(8) "First sale" means:
	(A) the bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery of a
	motor vehicle, other than an assembled trailer or assembled
	vehicle, that has not been previously registered or titled, with
	intent to pass an interest in the motor vehicle, other than a lien,
	regardless of where the bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery
	occurred; and
	(B) the registration or titling of that vehicle.
	(8-a) "Hobbyist" means a person who:
	(A) builds or assembles an assembled trailer for
	personal use;
	(B) does not engage in the continuous sale of
	vehicles, as defined by the department; and
	(C) is not the maker of a kit or a manufacturer,
	as defined by Section 2301.002, Occupations Code.
	(19) "Owner" means:
	(A) a person, other than a manufacturer,
	importer, distributor, or dealer, claiming title to or having a
	right to operate under a lien a motor vehicle that has been subject
	to a first sale; or
	(B) a hobbyist who constructed an assembled
	trailer.
	(31) "Used motor vehicle" means:
	(A) a motor vehicle that has been the subject of a
	first sale; [or]
	(B) an assembled vehicle that has been issued a
	title; or
	(C) an assembled trailer that has been issued a
	title or has been registered under Chapter 502.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 501.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.009. ASSEMBLED TRAILER. For purposes of this
	chapter, an assembled trailer is considered to be, as applicable, a
	trailer, semitrailer, or travel trailer, including a farm trailer
	or farm semitrailer.
	SECTION 3. Section 502.001, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
	(2-a) "Assembled trailer" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 501.002.
	SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 502.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.006. ASSEMBLED TRAILER. For purposes of this
	chapter, an assembled trailer is considered to be, as applicable, a
	trailer, semitrailer, or travel trailer, including a farm trailer
	or farm semitrailer.
	SECTION 5. 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, or completing construction of an
	assembled trailer, the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, [or]
	semitrailer, or assembled trailer 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, the remaining
	portion of that registration year.
	SECTION 6. Section 731.001(a)(4), Transportation Code, is