Transportation Code, § 1001.002, provides that the department shall administer and enforce Occupations Code, Chapter 2302. Chapter 2302 provides that a person may not act as a salvage vehicle dealer, unless the department issues that person a salvage vehicle dealer license, or an independent motor vehicle dealer's general distinguishing number issued under Chapter 503, Transportation Code, or a person is exempt from licensure under Occupations Code, Chapter 2302. This chapter describes the procedures by which a person obtains a salvage vehicle dealer license and the rules governing how a license holder or an independent motor vehicle dealer with authority to operate as a salvage vehicle dealer, must operate, and the procedures by which the department will administer and enforce Occupations Code, Chapter 2302, and this chapter.
43 Tex. Admin. Code § 221.1