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H.B. No. 3928 AN ACT relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2303.152, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (a) Notice to the registered owner and the primary lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility may be provided by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the vehicle is stored or on a publicly available Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party if: (1) the vehicle is registered in another state; (2) the operator of the storage facility submits to the governmental entity responsible for maintaining the motor vehicle title and registration database for the state in which the vehicle is registered a request for information relating to the identity of the registered owner and any lienholder of record that is either: (A) written; or (B) electronic, through the governmental entity's secure access portal; (3) the identity of the registered owner cannot be determined; (4) the registration does not contain an address for the registered owner; or (5) the operator of the storage facility cannot reasonably determine the identity and address of each lienholder. (e) Notice to the registered owner and the primary lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility may be provided by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the vehicle is stored or on a publicly available Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party if: (1) the vehicle does not display a license plate or a vehicle inspection certificate indicating the state of registration; (2) the identity of the registered owner cannot reasonably be determined by the operator of the storage facility; or (3) the operator of the storage facility cannot reasonably determine the identity and address of each lienholder. (f) The department shall include on the department's Internet website a link to any Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party where notice may be provided under Subsection (a) or (e). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3928 was passed by the House on May 2, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3928 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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