Amend HB 1193 as follows:
      1.  On page 5, line 24, add a new SECTION 5 as follows:
      SECTION 5.  Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act (Article
5221f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by adding a new
Section 6A to read as follows and renumber subsequent Sections
accordingly:
            Section 6A.  LAND-HOME REGULATIONS.  (a)  This section
is applicable to those transactions in which the manufactured home
will be sold as personal property and titled under Section 19 of
this act.  It does not apply to real estate transactions when the
manufactured home is, or will become, real estate under Section
2.001, Property Code.
            (b)  The retailer is prohibited from selling, or
representing for sale, or offering for sale any real estate in
conjunction with the sale of a manufactured home except as may be
authorized by the department consistent with the provisions of the
Real Estate License Act (Article 6573a, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes).
      2.  On page 6, strike lines 21-22 and substitute;
      "<installers> that is conducted <in the field by a private
institution or other person> by a non-profit educational
institution or foundation."
      3.  On page 5, strike lines 9-11 and substitute the
following:
      "SECTION 4.  Section 6, Texas Manufactured Housing Standards
Act (Article 5221f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
amending subsections (h) and (l) and adding subsection (m) to read
as follows:
      4.  On page 5, after line 24, add new subsection (m) to read
as follows:
      (m)  It is unlawful for a retailer, salesperson, or agent of
the retailer to refuse to refund a consumer's deposit except in
accordance with this subsection.
            (1)  The deposit must be refunded within 15 days
following the receipt of written notice from the consumer
requesting the refund.
            (2)  If a retailer, salesperson, or agent of the
retailer violates the provisions of this subsection, the consumer
may recover, cumulative of other remedies, three times the amount
of the deposit plus reasonable attorney's fees.
            (3)  The consumer's deposit may only be retained if:
                  (A)  the creditor specially orders a home from
the manufacturer because the home is not in the retailer's
inventory;
                  (B)  the home conforms to the specifications of
the special order and the representations, if any, made to the
consumer;
                  (C)  the consumer fails or refuses to accept
delivery and installation of the home by the retailer; and
                  (D)  the consumer was given conspicuous written
notice of the requirements for retaining the deposit.
            (4)  The retailer must not retain more than five
percent of the estimated cash price of the home which is specially
ordered and must refund any amount of the deposit which exceeds
five percent.
            (5)  This subsection does not apply to a deposit in
escrow in a real estate transaction nor to a down payment as shown
on an executed retail installment sales contract.
      5.  Sections 347.303, 347.304, 347.305, and 347.306, Finance
Code, are repealed.
      6.  Beginning on page 4, line 13 through page 5, line 8,
strike all of "SECTION 3."
      7.  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly
      8.  Add a new appropriately numbered Section to read as
follows and renumber remaining Sections accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect
September 1, 1999, except for Section 5 which takes effect January
1, 2000.