HB3928 - Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

      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