SB 2247

relating to applications for title for certain salvage vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 501.100, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 501.100.  APPLICATION FOR [REGULAR CERTIFICATE OF]
SECTION 2.  Sections 501.100(a) and (f), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a)  The owner of a motor vehicle for which a nonrepairable
vehicle title was issued prior to September 1, 2003, [or] for which
a salvage vehicle title or salvage record of title has been issued,
or for which a comparable out-of-state ownership document for a
salvage motor vehicle has been issued, may apply for a title under
Section 501.023 after the motor vehicle has been repaired, rebuilt,
or reconstructed and, in addition to any other requirement of law,
(1)  describes each major component part used to
repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle;
(2)  states the name of each person from whom the parts
used in repairing, rebuilding, or reconstructing [assembling] the
(3)  shows the identification number required by
federal law to be affixed to or inscribed on the part.
(f)  The department may not issue a [regular] title for a
(1)  nonrepairable vehicle title issued on or after
September 1, 2003, or comparable out-of-state ownership document or
record, or evidence of a notation described by Section
501.09113(a)(2) on an out-of-state ownership document or record in
the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System;
(2)  receipt issued under Section 501.1003(b); or
(3)  certificate of authority issued under Chapter 683.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.