Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED AGENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may authorize a dealer who holds a dealer's or manufacturer's number to act as the agent of the department under Subchapter B and under Chapter 160, Tax Code, for the issuance of certificates of number and the collection of fees and taxes for vessels and outboard motors sold by that dealer.
(b) An authorized agent must follow the rules of the commission and the rules of the comptroller.
(c) An authorized agent shall send the applications required by Sections 31.024 and 31.047 of this code, the fees required by Sections 31.026 and 31.048 of this code, and the tax paid under Chapter 160, Tax Code, to the department not later than 20 days after the date a certificate of number is issued and a fee or tax collected.
(d) An authorized agent shall execute a surety bond in an amount set by the department to insure against loss to the department of fees and taxes. The bond shall be in favor of the department.
(e) The department may cancel the authorization of an agent on 30 days' written notice of the agent's violation of this chapter, a department rule adopted under this chapter, Chapter 160, Tax Code, or a rule adopted by the comptroller under that chapter.
(f) The commission may adopt rules for the creation of a program for the continuing identification and classification of participants in the vessel and outboard motor industries doing business in this state. The commission may set fees to administer this subsection. The department shall use information from the program to appoint agents under this section or for any other purpose required by the commission's rules or this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 718, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1249 (H.B. 4032), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm
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Parks and Wildlife Code
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.024APPLICATION FOR NUMBER.Printed as Sections 31.024 and 31.047
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.026FEES.Printed as Sections 31.026 and 31.048
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.047APPLICATION; FORM AND CONTENT; FEE.Printed as Sections 31.024 and 31.047
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.048FEE.Printed as Sections 31.026 and 31.048
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