Bill Text: TX HB4084 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement of a franchised dealer's license for the sale of certain truck cranes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB4084 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4084-Introduced.html
By: Farney | H.B. No. 4084 |
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relating to the requirement of a franchised dealer's license for | ||
the sale of certain truck cranes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2301.002, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivisions (33) and (33-a) to read as follows: | ||
(33) "Truck crane" means a truck chassis mounted with | ||
a self-propelled boom that raises, shifts, or lowers heavy weights. | ||
(33-a) "Truck crane manufacturer" means a person other | ||
than the manufacturer of a motor vehicle chassis who, before the | ||
retail sale of the motor vehicle, performs modifications on the | ||
chassis that result in the finished product being classified as a | ||
truck crane. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2301.252, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A | ||
] person may | ||
not engage in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new | ||
motor vehicles unless the person: | ||
(1) holds a franchised dealer's license issued under | ||
this chapter for the make of new motor vehicle being bought, sold, | ||
or exchanged; or | ||
(2) is a bona fide employee of the holder of a | ||
franchised dealer's license. | ||
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a motor vehicle that is | ||
a truck crane produced by a truck crane manufacturer in this state. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |