Sec. 502.480.  VIOLATION BY COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR;  PENALTY.  (a)  A county assessor-collector commits an offense if the county assessor-collector knowingly accepts an application for the registration of a motor vehicle that:
(1)  has had the original motor number or vehicle identification number removed, erased, or destroyed; and
(2)  does not bear a motor number or vehicle identification number assigned by the department.
(b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $50.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 520.014 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 161, eff. January 1, 2012.