1. (a) The dealer is responsible for the safekeeping of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags and shall store them in a secure place. The dealer shall report any loss, theft, or destruction of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags to the department within 24 hours of discovering the loss, theft, or destruction.

2. (b) A dealer may use a preprinted Internet-down temporary tag up to 12 months after the date the preprinted Internet-down temporary tag is created. A dealer may create replacement preprinted Internet-down temporary tags up to the maximum allowed, when:

   1. (1) a dealer uses one or more preprinted Internet-down temporary tags and then enters the required information in the temporary tag database after access to the temporary tag database is again available; or
   2. (2) a preprinted Internet-down temporary tag expires.

3. (c) The number of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags that a dealer may create is equal to the greater of:

   1. (1) the number of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags previously allotted by the department to the dealer;
   2. (2) 30; or
   3. (3) 1/52 of the dealer's total annual sales.
4. (d) For good cause shown, a dealer may obtain more than the number of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags described in subsection (c) of this section. The director of the Vehicle Titles and Registration Division of the department or that director's delegate may approve, in accordance with this subsection, an additional allotment of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags for a dealer if the additional allotment is essential for the continuation of the dealer's business. The director of the Vehicle Titles and Registration Division of the department or that director's delegate will base the determination of the additional allotment of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags on the dealer's past sales, inventory, and any other factors that the director of the Vehicle Titles and Registration Division of the department or that director's delegate determines pertinent, such as an emergency. A request for additional preprinted Internet-down temporary tags must specifically state why the additional preprinted Internet-down temporary tags are necessary for the continuation of the applicant's business.

Source Note:The provisions of this §215.158 adopted to be effective February 11, 2010, 35 TexReg 883; amended to be effective October 6, 2013, 38 TexReg 6646; amended to be effective February 13, 2017, 42 TexReg 571.