1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain charges that may be included in a retail
 1-3     installment agreement.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 348.202(c), Finance Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  A holder may include the cost of insurance provided
 1-8     under Subsection (a) or (b), and a policy or agent fee charged in
 1-9     connection with insurance provided under Subsection (a) or (b), as
1-10     a separate charge in the contract.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-14     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1684 was passed by the House on April
         24, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1684 was passed by the Senate on May
         15, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 4, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor