By: Hughes  S.B. No. 1113          (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2025; February 24, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   May 5, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 5, 2025,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1113 By:  King     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to certain retail sales of motor vehicles, trailers, and   semitrailers by a holder of a converter's license.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2301.476, Occupations Code, is amended   by adding Subsections (h-2) and (h-3) to read as follows:          (h-2)  This subsection and Subsection (h-3) apply only in a   county that has a river as a border with two other states.     Notwithstanding any other law, a person who holds a converter's   license and has a physical presence in a county to which this   subsection applies is not required to hold any additional license   or general distinguishing number to sell to a retail purchaser:                (1)  a new motor vehicle the person converted, if:                      (A)  the motor vehicle is a motor vehicle   described by Section 2301.002(23)(A) or (B); and                      (B)  the vehicle manufacturer transferred the   chassis and the manufacturer's statement of origin to the person;   or                (2)  a trailer or semitrailer, as those terms are   defined by Section 502.001, Transportation Code, that the person   manufactured.          (h-3)  A person who sells a new motor vehicle or trailer or   semitrailer to a retail purchaser as described by Subsection (h-2)   shall be considered a dealer with respect to any responsibility or   obligation of a dealer of that type of vehicle to the retail   purchaser under this chapter or Subtitle A, Title 7, Transportation   Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *