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 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.
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