Sec. 502.046. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. (a) Evidence of financial responsibility as required by Section 601.051 other than for a trailer or semitrailer shall be submitted with the application for registration under Section 502.043 . A county assessor-collector may not register the motor vehicle unless the owner or the owner's representative submits the evidence of financial responsibility. (b) The county assessor-collector shall examine the evidence of financial responsibility to determine whether it complies with Subsection (c). After examination, the evidence shall be returned unless it is in the form of a photocopy or an electronic submission. (c) In this section, evidence of financial responsibility may be: (1) a document listed under Section 601.053 (a) or verified in compliance with Section 601.452 ; (2) a liability self-insurance or pool coverage document issued by a political subdivision or governmental pool under the authority of Chapter 791 , Government Code, Chapter 119 , Local Government Code, or other applicable law in at least the minimum amounts required by Chapter 601 ; (3) a photocopy of a document described by Subdivision (1) or (2); or (4) an electronic submission of a document or the information contained in a document described by Subdivision (1) or (2). (d) A personal automobile policy used as evidence of financial responsibility under this section must comply with Section 1952.052 et seq. and Sections 2301.051 through 2301.055 , Insurance Code. (e) At the time of registration, the county assessor-collector shall provide to a person registering a motor vehicle a statement that the motor vehicle may not be operated in this state unless: (1) liability insurance coverage for the motor vehicle in at least the minimum amounts required by law remains in effect to insure against potential losses; or (2) the motor vehicle is exempt from the insurance requirement because the person has established financial responsibility in a manner described by Sections 601.051 (2)-(5) or is exempt under Section 601.052 . (f) A county assessor-collector is not liable to any person for refusing to register a motor vehicle to which this section applies because of the person's failure to submit evidence of financial responsibility that complies with Subsection (c). (g) A county, a county assessor-collector, a deputy county assessor-collector, a person acting for or on behalf of a county or a county assessor-collector, or a person acting on behalf of an owner for purposes of registering a motor vehicle is not liable to any person for registering a motor vehicle under this section. (h) This section does not prevent a person from registering a motor vehicle by mail or through an electronic submission. (i) To be valid under this section, an electronic submission must be in a format that is: (1) submitted by electronic means, including a telephone, facsimile machine, or computer; (2) approved by the department; and (3) authorized by the commissioners court for use in the county. (j) This section does not apply to a vehicle registered pursuant to Section 501.0234 . Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.153 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357 ), Sec. 84, eff. January 1, 2012.
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