H.R. No. 1713



R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Texas, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That House Rule 13, 
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, 
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to 
resolve the differences on House Bill No. 1493, relating to the 
foreclosure of property and the authority of a mortgage servicer to 
administer the foreclosure on behalf of a mortgagee, to consider 
and take action on the following matter:
	House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the 
committee to amend text that is not in disagreement in Section 
51.009, Property Code, as added by the bill, by adding the phrase 
"except as to warranties of title", so that the section reads as 
follows:
	Sec. 51.009.  FORECLOSED PROPERTY SOLD "AS IS." A purchaser 
at a sale of real property under Section 51.002:
		(1)  acquires the foreclosed property "as is" without 
any expressed or implied warranties, except as to warranties of 
title, and at the purchaser's own risk; and
		(2)  is not a consumer.                                                
	Explanation: The changed text is necessary to clarify that 
any warranties of title granted in a foreclosure sale under Section 
51.002, Property Code, are valid.

                                                                        Solomons

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1713 was adopted by the House on May 
31, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House