Texas Occupations Code Title 14, Chapter 2303 - Vehicle Storage Facilities
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 2303.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Vehicle Storage Facility Act. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. June 1, 2003.
- Texas Section 2303.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Abandoned nuisance vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is: (A) at least 10 years old; and (B) of a condition only...
SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT
- Texas Section 2303.003 - Exemptions
(a) This chapter does not apply to a vehicle stored or parked at a vehicle storage facility with the consent of the owner of the...
- Texas Section 2303.051 - Rulemaking: License Requirements
The commission shall adopt rules that: (1) establish the requirements for a person to be licensed to operate a vehicle storage facility to ensure that...
- Texas Section 2303.052 - Issuance Of License; Fees
(a) The department may issue licenses to operate vehicle storage facilities. (b) The department may impose and collect a fee for a license in an...
- Texas Section 2303.053 - Rules Regarding Payment Of Fee
(a) The commission may adopt rules regarding the method of payment of a fee under this chapter. (b) The rules may authorize the use of:...
- Texas Section 2303.054 - Rules Restricting Advertising Or Competitive Bidding
(a) The commission may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person licensed under this chapter except to prohibit a false,...
- Texas Section 2303.055 - Examination Of Criminal Conviction
The department may conduct an examination of any criminal conviction of an applicant, including by obtaining any criminal history record information permitted by law. Added...
- Texas Section 2303.056 - Periodic And Risk-based Inspections
(a) The department may enter and inspect at any time during business hours: (1) the place of business of any person regulated under this chapter;...
- Texas Section 2303.057 - Personnel
The department may employ personnel necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (H.B. 2094), Sec. 1.03,...
SUBCHAPTER C LICENSE REQUIREMENTS, ISSUANCE, AND RENEWAL
- Texas Section 2303.058 - Advisory Board
The Towing, Storage, and Booting Advisory Board under Chapter 2308 shall advise the commission in adopting vehicle storage rules under this chapter. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 2303.101 - Facility License Required
(a) A person may not operate a vehicle storage facility unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter. (b) A license issued under...
- Texas Section 2303.1015 - Employee License Required
(a) A person may not work at a vehicle storage facility unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter. (b) The commission shall...
- Texas Section 2303.1016 - Vehicle Storage Facility Employee And Towing Operator; Dual License
(a) The commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of a dual license for a person who is a vehicle storage facility employee and towing...
- Texas Section 2303.102 - License Application
(a) The commission by rule shall determine the types of information to be included in an application for a license under this chapter on a...
- Texas Section 2303.103 - Eligibility
The department shall approve an application submitted as provided by Section 2303.102 unless the department determines that: (1) the applicant knowingly supplied false or incomplete...
- Texas Section 2303.104 - Notice Of Denial; Opportunity To Comply
(a) If the department denies an application for a license under this chapter, the department shall send written notice of the decision to the applicant...
- Texas Section 2303.105 - Term Of License; Notice Of Expiration
(a) A license issued under this chapter is valid for the period set by the department. (b) Not later than the 30th day before the...
SUBCHAPTER D PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
- Texas Section 2303.106 - Procedure For Renewal
(a) A person may apply to the department to renew the person's license. The application for renewal must be: (1) made on a form approved...
- Texas Section 2303.151 - Notice To Vehicle Owner Or Lienholder
(a) The operator of a vehicle storage facility who receives a vehicle that is registered in this state and that is towed to the facility...
- Texas Section 2303.1511 - Vehicle Storage Facility's Duty To Report After Accepting Unauthorized Vehicle
(a) A vehicle storage facility accepting a vehicle that is towed under this chapter shall, within two hours after receiving the vehicle, report to the...
- Texas Section 2303.152 - Notice By Publication
(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...
- Texas Section 2303.153 - Contents Of Notice
(a) A notice by mail provided under Section 2303.151 must include: (1) the date the vehicle was accepted for storage; (2) the first day for...
- Texas Section 2303.154 - Second Notice; Consent To Sale
(a) If a vehicle is not claimed by a person permitted to claim the vehicle or a law enforcement agency has not taken an action...
- Texas Section 2303.1545 - Disposition Of Abandoned Nuisance Vehicle
(a) A vehicle storage facility that holds an abandoned nuisance vehicle is not required to send or publish a second notice and is entitled to...
- Texas Section 2303.155 - Charges Related To Storage
(a) For the purposes of this section, "governmental vehicle storage facility" means a garage, parking lot, or other facility that is: (A) owned by a...
- Texas Section 2303.1551 - Required Posting
(a) All storage fees shall be posted at the licensed vehicle storage facility to which the motor vehicle has been delivered and shall be posted...
- Texas Section 2303.156 - Payment By Lienholder Or Insurance Company
(a) A lienholder who repossesses a vehicle delivered to a vehicle storage facility is liable to the operator of the facility for any money owed...
- Texas Section 2303.157 - Disposal Of Certain Abandoned Vehicles
(a) The operator of a vehicle storage facility may dispose of a vehicle for which notice is given under Section 2303.154 if, before the 30th...
- Texas Section 2303.158 - Access To Glove Compartment, Console, Or Other Interior Storage Area To Establish Identity Or Ownership
The operator of a vehicle storage facility or a governmental vehicle storage facility must allow a person claiming to be the owner of a vehicle...
- Texas Section 2303.159 - Forms Of Payment Of Charges
(a) The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall accept each of the following forms of payment for any charge associated with delivery or storage...
- Texas Section 2303.160 - Release Of Vehicles
(a) A vehicle storage facility may not refuse to release a vehicle to the owner or operator of the vehicle or require a sworn affidavit...
SUBCHAPTER G OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 2303.161 - Drug Testing Of Employees
(a) A license holder shall establish a drug testing policy for employees of the vehicle storage facility operated by the license holder. A license holder...
- Texas Section 2303.301 - Injunction; Civil Penalty
(a) If a person has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter, the...
- Texas Section 2303.302 - Criminal Penalties
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) violates the licensing requirements of this chapter; or (2) employs an individual who does not...
- Texas Section 2303.303 - Authority To Arrest
A peace officer or license and weight inspector for the Department of Public Safety may make an arrest for a violation of a rule adopted...
- Texas Section 2303.304 - Administrative Penalty
(a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty on a person under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, regardless of whether the person holds a registration, permit,...
- Texas Section 2303.305 - Cease And Desist Order; Injunction; Civil Penalty
(a) The executive director may issue a cease and desist order as necessary to enforce this chapter if the executive director determines that the action...
Last modified: September 28, 2016