Tex. Transportation Code § 520.010

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 520.010, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 520.010. AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION RELATED TO REGISTRATION AND TITLING SERVICES.

Official statutory text

(a) The department may:

(1) audit or perform a compliance review of a person performing registration or titling services;

(2) investigate any provision of state functions related to registration or titling; and

(3) access any records needed to conduct the audit, compliance review, or investigation.

(b) A county tax assessor-collector may:

(1) audit, perform a compliance review of, or investigate a person providing registration or titling services in the county in which the assessor-collector is located; and

(2) access any records needed to conduct the audit, compliance review, or investigation.

(c) The department's authority under Subsection (a) is not limited by a similar audit, compliance review, or investigation conducted by a county tax assessor-collector under Subsection (b).

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