89R5547 MZM-F     By: West S.B. No. 2246       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 501.091, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:                (1-a)  "Auction sales receipt" means a document   certifying the sale of a motor vehicle at auction by a law   enforcement agency or public sale for a lien foreclosure.          SECTION 2.  Section 501.1003, Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 501.1003.  SALVAGE VEHICLE DEALER RESPONSIBILITIES.   (a)  If a salvage vehicle dealer acquires ownership of a   nonrepairable motor vehicle or salvage motor vehicle for the   purpose of dismantling, scrapping, or destroying the motor vehicle,   the dealer shall, before the 31st day after the date the dealer   acquires the motor vehicle, submit to the department a report   stating that the motor vehicle will be dismantled, scrapped, or   destroyed.  The dealer shall:                (1)  make the report in a manner prescribed by the   department; and                (2)  submit with the report a properly assigned   manufacturer's certificate of origin, [regular certificate of]   title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, auction   sales receipt, or comparable out-of-state ownership document for   the motor vehicle.          (b)  After receiving the report and title, manufacturer's   certificate of origin, auction sales receipt, or document, the   department shall issue the salvage vehicle dealer a receipt for the   manufacturer's certificate of origin, [regular certificate of]   title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, auction   sales receipt, or comparable out-of-state ownership document.          (c)  The department shall adopt rules to notify the salvage   vehicle dealer if the vehicle was not issued a printed title, but   has a record of title in the department's titling system.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.