89R21489 CXP-F     By: Perez of Harris H.B. No. 3365     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3365:     By:  Perez of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 3365       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a contract between a private vendor and the Texas   Department of Motor Vehicles for certain license plate services;   authorizing a fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 504.851(i), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (i)  A contract entered into by the department with a private   vendor under this section:                (1)  must comply with any law generally applicable to a   contract for services entered into by the department;                (2)  must require the private vendor to render at least   quarterly to the department periodic accounts that accurately   detail all material transactions, including information reasonably   required by the department to support fees that are collected by the   vendor, and to regularly remit all money payable to the department   under the contract;                (3)  may allow or require the private vendor to   establish an electronic infrastructure coordinated and compatible   with the department's registration system, by which motor vehicle   owners may electronically send and receive applications, other   documents, or required payments, and that, when secure access is   necessary, can be electronically validated by the department; [and]                (4)  must allow for the establishment of a range of   premium embossed specialty license plates to be sourced, marketed,   and sold by the vendor;                (5)  must allow the private vendor to offer home   delivery of license plates for an additional fee to the registered   owner's address as shown in the department's vehicle registration   records; and                (6)  if the private vendor offers home delivery of   license plates as described by Subdivision (5) and the applicable   county tax assessor-collector customarily charges a fee for the   handling and distribution of specialty license plates, must allow   the private vendor to:                      (A)  collect that fee on behalf of and remit it to   the county tax assessor-collector; or                      (B)  recover the cost incurred to the vendor from   that fee by charging an additional fee in an amount equal to the   county tax assessor-collector's fee.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.