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Amend CSHB 1823 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, line
28), strike "Subsection (e)" and substitute "Subsections (e), (f),
and (g)".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, between added Subsection (e),
Section 5.062, Property Code, and SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1,
between lines 44 and 45), insert the following:
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
only the following sections apply to an executory contract
described by Subsection (a)(2) if the term of the contract is three
years or less and the purchaser and seller, or the purchaser's or
seller's assignee, agent, or affiliate, have not been parties to an
executory contract to purchase the property covered by the
executory contract for longer than three years:
(1) Sections 5.063-5.065;
(2) Section 5.073, except for Section 5.073(a)(2); and
(3) Sections 5.083 and 5.085.
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if Subsection (f)
conflicts with another provision of this subchapter, Subsection (f)
prevails.
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Subsection (a),
Section 5.0621, Property Code (page 1, lines 48-50), strike "if a
residential lease of real property includes an option to purchase
the property, the provisions of this subchapter and Chapter 92
apply to the lease" and substitute "the provisions of this
subchapter and Chapter 92 apply to the portion of an executory
contract described by Section 5.062(a)(2) that is a residential
lease agreement".
(4) In SECTION 6 of the bill, at the end of added Section
5.082, Property Code (page 3, between lines 44 and 45), insert the
following:
(e) Not later than the 20th day after the date a seller
receives notice of an amount determined by a purchaser under
Subsection (c)(1), the seller may contest that amount by sending a
written objection to the purchaser. An objection under this
subsection must:
(1) be sent to the purchaser by regular and certified
mail;
(2) include the amount the seller claims is the amount
owed under the contract; and
(3) be based on written records kept by the seller or
the seller's agent that were maintained and regularly updated for
the entire term of the executory contract.