The board or 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, or this chapter;
(5) refuses to permit, 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 legal business entity name, assumed name,
mailing address, email address, physical address or location within
30 days of such change by submitting an amendment to the license;
(9) fails to notify the department of a change described
in §221.19(b) of this title (relating to Change of License Holder's
Name, Ownership, or Control) as required in that section;
(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 the public highways or allows another person to operate
a salvage motor vehicle or a nonrepairable motor vehicle on public
highways;
(21) dismantles a salvage motor vehicle or a nonrepairable
motor vehicle; or
(22) deals in used automotive parts as more than an
incidental part of the salvage vehicle dealer's primary business.
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