Relating to a contract between a private vendor and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for certain license plate services; authorizing a fee.

89(R) HB 3365 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

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By: Perez of Harris

H.B. No. 3365

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3365:

By: Perez of Harris

C.S.H.B. No. 3365

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a contract between a private vendor and the Texas

Department of Motor Vehicles for certain license plate services;

authorizing a fee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 504.851(i), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(i) A contract entered into by the department with a private

vendor under this section:

(1) must comply with any law generally applicable to a

contract for services entered into by the department;

(2) must require the private vendor to render at least

quarterly to the department periodic accounts that accurately

detail all material transactions, including information reasonably

required by the department to support fees that are collected by the

vendor, and to regularly remit all money payable to the department

under the contract;

(3) may allow or require the private vendor to

establish an electronic infrastructure coordinated and compatible

with the department's registration system, by which motor vehicle

owners may electronically send and receive applications, other

documents, or required payments, and that, when secure access is

necessary, can be electronically validated by the department; [
and
]

(4) must allow for the establishment of a range of

premium embossed specialty license plates to be sourced, marketed,

and sold by the vendor
;

(5)

must allow the private vendor to offer home

delivery of license plates for an additional fee to the registered

owner's address as shown in the department's vehicle registration

records; and

(6)

if the private vendor offers home delivery of

license plates as described by Subdivision (5) and the applicable

county tax assessor-collector customarily charges a fee for the

handling and distribution of specialty license plates, must allow

the private vendor to:

(A)

collect that fee on behalf of and remit it to

the county tax assessor-collector; or

(B)

recover the cost incurred to the vendor from

that fee by charging an additional fee in an amount equal to the

county tax assessor-collector's fee
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.