Amend HB 2207 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the recital (page 1, line 
12), strike "Section 5.016" and substitute "Sections 5.016 and 
5.019".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 
Section 5.016, Property Code (page 2, between lines 25 and 26), 
insert the following:
	Sec. 5.019.  ANNUAL ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS REQUIRED FOR 
SELLER-FINANCED SALES OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY.  (a)  This 
section applies only to a seller of residential real property who 
finances the sale of residential real property owned by the seller 
by delivering title to the property to the purchaser in exchange for 
an agreement by the purchaser to pay the purchase price to the 
seller by periodic installments.
	(b)  A seller who enters into a transaction described by 
Subsection (a) shall provide the purchaser with an annual 
accounting statement in January of each year until the property is 
fully paid for by the purchaser.  If the seller mails the statement 
to the purchaser, the statement must be postmarked not later than 
January 31.
	(c)  The statement required by Subsection (b) must include 
the following information:
		(1)  the total amount paid by the purchaser toward the 
price of the residential real property;
		(2)  the remaining amount owed to the seller;                          
		(3)  the number of payments remaining; and                             
		(4)  the amounts paid to taxing authorities on the 
purchaser's behalf if collected by the seller.
	(d)  A seller must provide, at no cost to the purchaser, a 
written statement of the amount of the purchase price still owed by 
the purchaser not later than the 10th day after the date the 
purchaser makes a written request for the statement if that request 
is the only request the purchaser has made for a statement of the 
amount of the purchase price still owed by the purchaser in the 
month in which the request is made.
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), a seller who fails 
to comply with Subsection (b) is liable to the purchaser for:
		(1)  actual damages;                                                   
		(2)  additional damages in the amount of $500 for each 
annual statement the seller fails to provide to the purchaser 
within the time required by Subsection (b); and
		(3)  reasonable attorney's fees.                                       
	(f)  A seller who does not conduct two or more transfers in a 
12-month period that are subject to this section and who fails to 
comply with Subsection (b) is liable to the purchaser for:
		(1)  a civil penalty in the amount of $100 for each 
annual statement the seller fails to provide to the purchaser 
within the time required by Subsection (b); and
		(2)  reasonable attorney's fees.                                       
	(g)  A seller who fails to comply with Subsection (d) is 
liable to the purchaser for:
		(1)  actual damages;                                                   
		(2)  additional damages in the amount of $100 for each 
statement the seller fails to provide to the purchaser within the 
time required by Subsection (d); and
		(3)  reasonable attorney's fees.                                       
	(h)  A purchaser may deduct an amount owed to the purchaser 
by the seller under Subsection (e), (f), or (g).
	(i)  A seller who fails to comply with Subsection (b) after 
receiving a written notice from the purchaser of the seller's 
violation may not controvert a sworn statement from the purchaser 
regarding a fact required to be reflected in the statement.
	(j)  An agreement that purports to waive a right or exempt a 
party from a liability or duty under this section is void and 
unenforceable.
	(k)  This section does not apply to a transfer:                         
		(1)  pursuant to a court order or foreclosure sale;                    
		(2)  by a trustee in bankruptcy;                                       
		(3)  to a mortgagee by a mortgagor or successor in 
interest or to a beneficiary of a deed of trust by a trustor or 
successor in interest;
		(4)  by a mortgagee or a beneficiary under a deed of 
trust who has acquired the real property at a sale conducted 
pursuant to a power of sale under a deed of trust or a sale pursuant 
to a court-ordered foreclosure or has acquired the real property by 
a deed in lieu of foreclosure;
		(5)  by a fiduciary in the course of the administration 
of a decedent's estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust;
		(6)  from one co-owner to one or more other co-owners;                 
		(7)  made to a spouse or to a person or persons in the 
lineal line of consanguinity of one or more of the transferors;
		(8)  between spouses resulting from a decree of 
dissolution of marriage or a decree of legal separation or from a 
property settlement agreement incidental to such a decree; or
		(9)  to or from any governmental entity.                               
	(3)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 2, lines 26-32) and 
substitute the following:
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Except as provided by this section, this Act 
applies only to a transfer of property that occurs or a contract 
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.  A transfer 
that occurs or a contract entered into before the effective date of 
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	(b)  Section 5.019, Property Code, as added by this Act, 
applies to a financing agreement entered into before, on, or after 
the effective date of this Act.