87R7111 JAM-D By: Hancock S.B. No. 876 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the county in which a motor vehicle dealer may apply for the registration of and title for certain vehicles sold by the dealer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 501.0234(d), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) A seller who applies for the registration or a title for a motor vehicle under Subsection (a)(1) may [shall] apply in any [the] county in which the county assessor-collector is willing to accept the application [as directed by the purchaser from the counties set forth in Section 501.023]. SECTION 2. Section 501.0234(e), Transportation Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. Section 501.0234, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an application for the registration of or a title for a motor vehicle purchased on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for the registration of or a title for a motor vehicle purchased before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the vehicle was purchased, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.