89R799 JCG-F     By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 1120       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the purchase or acquisition by metal recycling entities   of catalytic converters removed from a motor vehicle; imposing an   administrative penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1956.0321(c), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (c)  A metal recycling entity may not purchase a catalytic   converter unless the entity:                (1)  determines that the catalytic converter is   consistent with the manufacturer's specifications for a catalytic   converter from the vehicle for which the seller provided   information under Subsection (a)(1); and                (2)  enters the vehicle identification number provided   by the seller under Subsection (a)(1) into the National Highway   Traffic Safety Administration's VIN Decoder, or successor   database, and verifies that the vehicle year, make, and model   retrieved from the database with respect to that vehicle   identification number are the same as the vehicle year, make, and   model provided by the seller.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter C-1, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code,   is amended by adding Section 1956.1235 to read as follows:          Sec. 1956.1235.  SELLER'S DUTY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN   INFORMATION; PURCHASER'S DUTY TO VERIFY.  (a)  In a transaction to   which this subchapter applies, the seller shall provide to the   metal recycling entity the year, make, model, and vehicle   identification number for the vehicle from which the catalytic   converter was removed.          (b)  The metal recycling entity may not purchase or otherwise   acquire the catalytic converter unless the entity enters the   vehicle identification number provided by the seller under   Subsection (a) into the National Highway Traffic Safety   Administration's VIN Decoder, or successor database, and verifies   that the vehicle year, make, and model retrieved from the database   with respect to that vehicle identification number are the same as   the vehicle year, make, and model provided by the seller.          SECTION 3.  Section 1956.124(b), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  A record meets the requirements of Subsection (a) if it   contains:                (1)  the year, make, model, and vehicle identification   number for the vehicle from which each purchased or otherwise   acquired catalytic converter was removed [a description made in   accordance with the custom of the trade for the volume of catalytic   converters purchased or otherwise acquired];                (2)  the business name of the person from whom each   [the] catalytic converter was [converters were] purchased or   otherwise acquired; and                (3)  the date of the transaction.          SECTION 4.  Section 1956.128(a), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission may impose an administrative penalty   under Subchapter R, Chapter 411, Government Code, on a metal   recycling entity that:                (1)  violates Section 1956.123 due to the entity's   failure to exercise due diligence in purchasing or acquiring a   catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle; [or]                (2)  violates Section 1956.1235; or                (3)  violates Section 1956.124.          SECTION 5.  Section 1956.124, Occupations Code, as amended   by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the   effective date of this Act.  An offense committed before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section, an offense   was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element   of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 6.  Section 1956.128, Occupations Code, as amended   by this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the   effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.