We will be having our 1st Board Meeting on:
January 15th
1:30 pm
Texas Auto Carriers
5765 Bicentennial Street
San Antonio,TX 78218

At this meeting nominations from the floor are allowed.

ARTICLE IX NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

Section 1        The Nomination Committee will be responsible for considering candidates for each Board of Director position up for election and the administration of the election process, following the guidelines set in the Associations policy and procedures.

Section 2       There may be one or more candidate(s) nominated for each position.

Section 3         Nominations from the floor will be taken at the first Board meeting of an election year.  These nominees must be Active Members in good standing. The request for nomination must be from an Active Member in good standing other than nominee and seconded at the time of the nomination.  Seconds must be an Active Member in good standing and be from another company other than the nominee or the original requester.  The nominee will then be automatically put on the following election ballot.

Section 4        Nominations by Petition
Individual voting members may propose, by petition, names to be added to the Association Election Ballot, for positions of the officers to be elected by the voting membership.  The completed petition shall be submitted in a letter to the Nominations Committee Chair, endorsed with the signatures of two (2) Active members in good standing.  The outside of the envelope should be marked “Nomination Petition”, to be received at the Association office, no later than 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting, to be delivered unopened to the Nominations and Elections Committee.

Our General Meeting  on May 16, 2020 will be our election meeting.  All votes will be calculated and any nominees that are voted in will be inducted at the meeting.

General Meeting will be held:
May 16, 2020
9:00 am
Comfort Inn & Suites
35000 IH-10 West
Boerne,TX 78006

For questions or a copy of our By Laws please call the office at 832-585-0138

TDLR’s new Rule on Storage Rate increases goes into effect November 1, 2019.  However, the effective date to charge new fees is Jan. 1, 2020

TDLR adopts New Rule: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/towing/vsfRuleJustification.htm

HB1140 – https://capitol.texas.gov/Search/DocViewer.aspx?ID=86RHB011405B&QueryText=%22hb+1140%22&DocType=B

The TTSA Fall General Meeting on ELD’s was fantastic.  Sgt. Reid of Texas Highway Patrol and Sean Furman from KeepTruckin both gave informative information about ELD ‘s and other Texas laws that everyone needs to know.  I have attached a pdf copy of the presentations that they gave.  Our next General meeting will be in the Spring so stay tuned for those dates.

ELD’s short Haul Towing with LE – Sgt. Reid

What ELD-KeepTruckin – Sean Furman

2019 Legislative Session now allows for Blue Lights on Tow Trucks.  See TXDOT Memo for more information
TXDOT MEMO

Attached is a flow chart of procedures for a Texas Tow Hearing.

Click Here

At the April General Meeting Julie Aronow, of the Texas Parks and Wildlife, gave us valuable information about Storage Foreclosure Liens for Boats & Motors.   Click HERE for the handout with procedures.  For a closer detailed pdf of the Sold under Statutory Lien Foreclosure Matrix – Click HERE

For more information about Boat & Motor Titles and Registrations with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Click HERE

TDLR has issued a press release on Texas’s Slow Down Move Over Law.  See full release below.

SDMO TDLR press release

A New Species of Insurance Fraud: Flipping
How to Identify It, Investigate It, and Prosecute It

Michael Shirk, prosecutor for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, has written an article on the procedure of flipping vehicles.  You can Click Here to read it.