Our Fall General Meeting will be held October 29, 2022, at the Tarrant County Fire Training Center in Lake Worth, TX. Come and join us to hear the latest towing industry news, updates on the possible changes in legislation, and how to streamline your towing business to increase your profitability.
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Join us for our Fall Towing Conference October 2, 9a-1p
Round Rock, TX For more information CLICK HERE!
The attached pdf link has been put together by Todd Forrester (TDLR) to help navigate VSF Rules. These may not answer all your questions but it covers most of all the day to day situations. Please call us at 832-585-0138 for any other VSF question you may have.
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
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.
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.
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.
