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By:  Farabee                                                      H.B. No. 2655



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the quoting of price of a recreational vehicle at an 
authorized show or exhibition held on consecutive Saturdays and 
Sundays.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  728.002, Transportation Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	SECTION 728.002.  SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON CONSECUTIVE 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PROHIBITED.  (a)  A person may not, on 
consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday:
		(1)  sell offer for sale a motor vehicle; or                                  
		(2)  compel an employee to sell or offer for sale a 
motor vehicle.          
	(b)  Each day a motor vehicle is offered for sale is a 
separate violation.  Each sale of a motor vehicle is a separate 
violation.
	(c)  This section does not prohibit the occasional sale of a 
motor vehicle by a person not in a business that includes the sale 
of motor vehicles.
	(d)  This section does not prohibit the quoting of a price 
for a motor home or towable recreational vehicle when made at a show 
or exhibition authorized in accordance with Section 4.02, Texas 
Motor Vehicle Commission Code (Article 4413(36) Vernon's Annotated 
Texas Statutes (as amended).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If the Act 
does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, the Act 
takes effect September 1, 2003.