Bill Text: TX SB1053 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the notice provided to an owner or lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility or provided to an owner or operator of a vehicle by a parking facility owner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB1053 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1053-Engrossed.html

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By: Carona S.B. No. 1053

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the content of a notice provided to an owner or
lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 2303.153, Occupations
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A notice by mail provided under Section 2303.151 must
include:
(1) the date the vehicle was accepted for storage;
(2) the first day for which a storage fee is assessed;
(3) the daily storage rate;
(4) the type and amount of any other charge to be paid
when the vehicle is claimed;
(5) the full name, street address, and telephone
number of the vehicle storage facility;
(6) the hours during which the owner may claim the
vehicle; and
(7) the facility license number preceded by "Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation [Transportation] Vehicle
Storage Facility License Number[.]" or "TDLR VSF Lic. No."
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a notice mailed on or after September 1, 2013. A notice mailed
before September 1, 2013, is governed by the law in effect
immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.