1-1 By: Moncrief, Van de Putte S.B. No. 141 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed December 4, 2000; January 11, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 1-4 March 15, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, 1-5 Nays 0; March 15, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to requiring disclaimers on certain advertisements that 1-9 offer homestead designation services. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Property Code, is 1-12 amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 41.0051. DISCLAIMER REQUIRED. A person may not deliver 1-14 a written advertisement offering, for a fee, to designate property 1-15 as a homestead as provided by Section 41.005 unless there is a 1-16 disclaimer on the advertisement that is conspicuous and printed in 1-17 14-point boldface type or 14-point uppercase typewritten letters 1-18 that makes the following statement or a substantially similar 1-19 statement: 1-20 THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT OF SERVICES. IT IS NOT 1-21 AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-23 * * * * *