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Committee hears bill to let licensed recyclers buy older untitled vehicles, with safeguards
Summary
Lawmakers discussed a bill to allow licensed automotive recyclers to purchase vehicles that lack titles if the vehicles are at least 13 years old and unregistered for seven years; the proposal includes reporting, lienholder notice and delay-before-dismantle provisions and was left pending.
The Senate Committee on Transportation heard testimony on House Bill 54 36, which would let licensed automotive recyclers purchase certain non-title vehicles for parts or scrap and impose reporting and notification safeguards.
Senator West, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure addresses a market of untitled vehicles that current law allows only unregulated actors to buy. Chad Terramian, legislative director for the Texas Automotive…
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