Our Spring Towing Conference:
April 27, 2023
Hyatt Austin/Cedar Park
1315 E. New Hope Dr.
Cedar Park, TX 78641
512-337-3001
FTC Federal Rule & FMCSA Comments
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 464
Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or
Deceptive Fees
To Read the FTC register that FMCSA Comments please click the link below.
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New 2024 VSF Rates
REMINDER: Texas Vehicle Storage Facilities your Impound and Storage Fees go up today. To find all the Rules and the new storage fees go to: https://www.ttsa.org/…/05/121323-compliance-manual.pdf Or go to: www.ttsa.org on the Home page scroll down to Resources and you may download the updated VSF Compliance Manual.
TXDOT Equipment Lighting Standards.
2019 Legislative Session now allows for Blue Lights on Tow Trucks. See TXDOT Memo for more information
TXDOT MEMO
Texas Tow Hearing Flow Chart
Attached is a flow chart of procedures for a Texas Tow Hearing.
Boat & Motor Storage Liens – Texas Parks and Wildlife
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 Slow Down Move Over Press Release
TDLR has issued a press release on Texas’s Slow Down Move Over Law. See full release below.
INSURANCE FRAUD: FLIPPING
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.
Do You Know if You’re TDLR Compliant?
Make sure you’re not committing any of the 10 most common violations.
Texas Certification Test Now In Spanish
You can now sign up for a Spanish version of the Study Guide and Certification Test.
Go to the Test Registration to sign up.
Attorney General Opinion on Release of Vehicle without proof of Financial Reponsibility
2017 Environmental (Disposal) Survey
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Attorney General Opinion August 2015
Impounded vehicle release with lack of financial responsibility.
Read full opinion here.
SUMMARY
Under constitutionally reasonable circumstances, peace
officers of the state, including those working for local law
enforcement agencies and municipalities, may impound a vehicle to
protect the public safety when the driver fails to provide evidence of
financial responsibility. A home-rule municipality, and likely a
general-law municipality, has authority to adopt an ordinance
regarding the impoundment of vehicles for the offense of lack of
financial responsibility provided that such an ordinance is not in
conflict with any statute and also conforms to any constitutional
constraints.
A court would likely conclude that a municipality may not
condition release of a vehicle impounded for lack of evidence of
financial responsibility upon presentation of such evidence to a
vehicle storage facility.
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AG Paxton: Texas Wins Final Judgment in “Overtime Rule” Case
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that Texas, Nevada and 19 other states, won a final judgment from a federal district court ruling that invalidates the U.S. Department of Labor’s unlawful Overtime Rule. The Obama-era edict more than doubled the salary threshold for a worker to be entitled to overtime, which would force many state and local governments, as well as private businesses, to substantially increase their employment costs.
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