HBA-ALS H.B. 1675 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1675
By: Siebert
Transportation
2/26/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, any person engaging in the business of leasing or
facilitating the leasing of a motor vehicle is subject to the licensing
requirements of the Texas Motor Vehicle Board.  These licensing
requirements are intended to protect consumer-lessees from fraudulent motor
vehicle lease transactions, and currently apply to both cars and trucks.
However, unlike the car leasing industry, many truck leases are commercial
leases.  Some individuals who believe that these businesses do not need the
same type of protection that individual consumers should have, and that the
current licensing requirements create an unnecessary burden on the truck
leasing industry.  H.B.1675 exempts corporations that lease certain trucks
for commercial purposes from the licensing requirements for motor vehicle
lessors or lease facilitators. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 4.01(a), Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code,
Article 4413(36), V.T.C.S., to include a corporation that commercially
leases trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500
pounds among the type of lessor or lease facilitator of a motor vehicle
that is not required to obtain a license or pay a license fee under this
code. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.