Amend CSHB 2295 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill:
SECTION ____. The heading to Chapter 420, Property Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 420. REGULATION OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AND TRANSFERS OF
TITLE FROM BUILDER [CONTRACT PROVISIONS]
SECTION ____. Chapter 420, Property Code, is amended by
adding Section 420.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 420.004. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. A builder who
constructs a new home must provide a copy of the plat and all
written specifications or blueprints used in the construction of
the home:
(1) at the time the construction is completed, to the
person who contracted with the builder for the construction of the
home; or
(2) at the time title to the home is transferred by the
builder, to the person who purchases the home from the builder.
(2) In SECTION 74 of the bill (page 60, between lines 22 and
23), insert the following appropriately designated subsection and
redesignate subsequent subsections in that section accordingly:
(____) Section 420.004, Property Code, as added by this Act,
applies only to a contract entered into or a transfer of title made
on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into
or a transfer of title made 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.
(3) Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.