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Amend SB 521 on Page 22, between lines 8 and 9, by adding new
appropriately numbered Sections to read as follows and renumbering
the remaining sections accordingly:
"Section _____. If the Act of the 78th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2003, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
corrections in enacted codes takes effect, Subsections (a) and (b),
Section 1201.152, Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
"(a) If a retailer purchases a new manufactured home from an
unlicensed manufacturer in violation of Section 1201.505, a
consumer's contract with the retailer for the purchase, exchange,
or lease-purchase of the home is voidable [until the second
anniversary of the date of purchase, exchange, or lease purchase of
the home].
"(b) If an unlicensed retailer, broker, or installer enters
into a contract with a consumer concerning a manufactured home, the
consumer may void the contract [until the second anniversary of the
date of purchase of the home]."
"Section _____. If the Act of the 78th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2003, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
corrections in enacted codes does not take effect, Subsection (d),
Section 18, Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act (Article
5221f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
follows:
"(d) If a retailer, broker, or installer does not possess a
valid license at the time of entering into any contract with a
consumer, the contract between the consumer and the retailer,
broker, or installer is voidable [within two years from the date of
the purchase of the manufactured home] at the option of the
consumer. A consumer's contract for the purchase, exchange, or
lease-purchase of a new manufactured home is also voidable [within
two years from the date of the purchase of the manufactured home,]
if the retailer purchased the home from an unlicensed manufacturer
in violation of Section 6, Subsection (h) of this Act.