Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 10 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Chapter 221 - SALVAGE VEHICLE DEALERS › Subchapter F - ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS › Section 221.112 - Suspension, Revocation and Administrative Penalties

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The department may suspend or revoke a license or impose an
					 administrative penalty if the license holder:
(1) fails to meet or maintain the
				  qualifications and requirements for a license;
(2) violates any law relating to the
				  purchase, sale, exchange, storage, or distribution of motor vehicles, including
				  salvage motor vehicles and nonrepairable motor vehicles;
(3) willfully defrauds a purchaser;
(4) fails to maintain purchase, sales, and
				  inventory records as required by Occupations Code, Chapter 2302, Transportation
				  Code, Chapter 501, Chapter 217, Subchapter D of this title, or this
				  chapter;
(5) refuses or fails to
				  comply with a request by the department to examine, during normal business
				  hours, the license holder's records as required by Occupations Code, Chapter
				  2302, or this chapter;
(6) engages
				  in motor vehicle or salvage business without the required license;
(7) engages in business as a salvage vehicle
				  dealer at a location for which a license has not been issued by the
				  department;
(8) fails to notify the
				  department of a change of the salvage vehicle dealer's license holder
				  information as required under §
										221.19 of this title (relating to
				  Notice of Change in License Holder Information);
(9) fails to notify the department of a
				  change in location prior to operating in a new location or closing a location
				  in accordance with §
										221.18 of this title (relating to
				  Additional, New, or Closed Location);
(10) fails to remain regularly and actively
				  engaged in the business for which the salvage vehicle dealer license is
				  issued;
(11) sells more than five
				  (5) nonrepairable motor vehicles or salvage motor vehicles to the same person
				  in a casual sale during a calendar year;
(12) violates any provision of Occupations
				  Code Chapters 2301 or 2302, Transportation Code Chapters 501, 502, or 503, or
				  any board rule or order promulgated under those statutes;
(13) uses or allows use of the salvage
				  vehicle dealer's license or business location for the purpose of avoiding the
				  requirements of Occupations Code Chapters 2301 or 2302, Transportation Code,
				  Chapters 501, 502 or 503, or any board rule or order promulgated under those
				  statutes;
(14) violates any law,
				  ordinance, rule or regulation governing the purchase, sale, exchange, or
				  storage, of salvage motor vehicles or nonrepairable motor vehicles;
(15) sells or offers for sale a nonrepairable
				  motor vehicle or a salvage motor vehicle from any location other than the
				  salvage vehicle dealer's licensed business location;
(16) is, or any owner, officer, director, or
				  other person described in §
										211.2 of this title (relating to
				  Application of Subchapter), is convicted, or considered convicted under
				  Occupations Code §
										53.021(d),
				  by any local, state, federal, or foreign authority, of an offense that directly
				  relates to the duties or responsibilities of the licensed occupation as
				  described in §
										211.3 of this title (relating to
				  Criminal Offense Guidelines) or an offense that that is independently
				  disqualifying under Occupations Code §
										53.021 after initial
				  issuance or renewal of the salvage vehicle dealer license, or that has not been
				  reported to the department as required;
(17) makes a false statement, material
				  misrepresentation, or material omission in any application or other information
				  filed with the department;
(18)
				  fails to timely remit payment for administrative penalties imposed by the
				  department;
(19) engages in
				  business without a license required under Occupations Code Chapters 2301 or
				  2302, or Transportation Code Chapter 503;
(20) operates a salvage motor vehicle or a
				  nonrepairable motor vehicle on public highways or allows another person to
				  operate a salvage motor vehicle or a nonrepairable motor vehicle on public
				  highways; or
(21) deals in used
				  automotive parts as more than an incidental part of the salvage vehicle
				  dealer's primary business.