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Chapter 542
Sptr 542 .B. No. 1617
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the titling and registration of certain motor vehicles.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
4 SECTION 1. Section 501.021, Transportation Code, is amended
5 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
6 (c) A certificate of title for a motor vehicle that has been
7 the subject of an ordered repurchase or replacement under Chapter
8 2301, Occupations Code, must contain on its face a notice
9 sufficient to inform a purchaser that the motor vehicle has been the
10 subject of an ordered repurchase or replacement.
11 SECTION 2. Section 520.023, Transportation Code, is amended
12 by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
13 (g) A transferor who files the appropriate form with the
14 department as provided by, and in accordance with, this section,
15 whether that form is a part of a certificate of title or a form16 otherwise promulgated by the department to comply with the terms of
17 this section, has no vicarious civil or criminal liability arising
18 out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle by another
19 person. Proof by the transferor that the transferor filed a form
20 under this section is a complete defense to an action brought
21 against the transferor for an act or omission, civil or criminal,
22 arising out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle by
23 another person after the transferor filed the form. A copy of the
24 form filed under this section is proof of the filing of the form.1
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 1617, Chapter 542, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149408/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.