Bill Text: TX HB3256 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain vehicles to be operated as farm vehicles on a road or highway in this state.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3256-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3256 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of certain vehicles to be operated as | ||
| farm vehicles on a road or highway in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 502.146, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) A specialty license plate may not be issued under | ||
| Subsection (a) to an owner of a vehicle described by Subsection | ||
| (b)(1) unless the vehicle's owner provides a registration number | ||
| issued by the comptroller under Section 151.1551, Tax Code. The | ||
| comptroller shall allow access to the online system established | ||
| under Section 151.1551(l), Tax Code, to verify a registration | ||
| number provided under this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 502.433, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A commercial motor vehicle may not be registered under | ||
| this section unless the vehicle's owner provides a registration | ||
| number issued by the comptroller under Section 151.1551, Tax Code. | ||
| The comptroller shall allow access to the online system established | ||
| under Section 151.1551(l), Tax Code, to verify a registration | ||
| number provided under this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 502.434, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A permit may not be issued under this section unless | ||
| the vehicle's owner provides a registration number issued by the | ||
| comptroller under Section 151.1551, Tax Code. The comptroller shall | ||
| allow access to the online system established under Section | ||
| 151.1551(l), Tax Code, to verify a registration number provided | ||
| under this subsection. This subsection does not apply to a permit | ||
| issued to a retail dealer of tools or equipment that is transporting | ||
| the tools or equipment from the place of purchase or storage to the | ||
| customer's farm or ranch. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections | ||
| 502.146, 502.433, and 502.434, Transportation Code, apply only to | ||
| an application submitted for approval on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3256 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3256 on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3256 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
