Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Bosse H.B. No. 2764 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the collection and availability of information 1-3 concerning providers of certain retail products. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife 1-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 31.007 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 31.007. REGISTRATION. (a) The department shall 1-8 provide for the registration of dealers and manufacturers doing 1-9 business in this state in order to record the degree of protection 1-10 afforded retail customers in connection with the products sold and 1-11 the identity and relative obligations of the parties making the 1-12 products available. 1-13 (b) The department is authorized to impose registration fees 1-14 in amounts adequate to defray all expenses in the administration of 1-15 this section. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.