Texas House Bill 718 which has passed through the Texas legislature and
has been signed by the Governor, will impact the day to day operations of
dealers in Texas and how the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles wants to remind
dealers to use webDEALER to submit title transactions electronically to eliminate
the process of visiting county tax offices to process title applications and
registrations.
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles continues to work
closely with impacted stakeholders on the important process of implementing
House Bill 718 from the last legislative session. The bill eliminates most
paper temporary tags and requires vehicles to be issued metal plates at the
time of sale. This is a significant operational change for both TxDMV and Texas
dealers, and they have a target date to implement the bill by July 1, 2025.
At this time, TxDMV has selected a direct-to-dealer
distribution model for license plate issuance as part of this implementation.
Delivering license plates directly to dealers will streamline the process and
ensure that plates are available to dealers as needed to support sales
activity. The process is also intended to remove some of the logistical
workload from tax assessor-collectors, allowing those offices to focus on their
work processing title and registration transactions for dealers and individuals
in an efficient and timely manner.