By Hudson H.B. No. 1869 74R6312 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the period of a motor vehicle warranty. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code 1-5 (Article 4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-6 adding Section 6.08 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 6.08. EXTENSION OF WARRANTY. When work covered by an 1-8 express motor vehicle warranty is performed: 1-9 (1) the term of the warranty is extended by an amount 1-10 of time equal to the period beginning when the warranty took effect 1-11 and ending on the date of the work; and 1-12 (2) the number of miles of usage to which the warranty 1-13 applies is increased by the number of miles shown on the motor 1-14 vehicle's odometer when the work is performed. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a warranty taking effect 1-16 on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.