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	Amend CSHB 2295 (house committee printing) as follows:                       

(1)  On page 28, line 5, strike "or".
	(2)  On page 28, line 6, between "(29)" and "otherwise", 
insert the following:

a failure to use a contract form required by the commission under 
Section 420.004; or
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	(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 420, Property Code, is amended by 
adding Section 420.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 420.004.  STANDARD CONTRACT FORMS.  (a)  The commission 
shall adopt rules in the public's best interest that require 
builders to use contract forms prepared with the assistance of the 
Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee and adopted by the 
commission for the sale or construction of a new home.
	(b)  The commission may not prohibit a builder from using a 
contract form for the sale or construction of a new home that is:
		(1)  prepared by the purchaser;  or                                    
		(2)  prepared by an attorney and required by the 
purchaser.          
	(c)  A contract form adopted by the commission must comply 
with this chapter, except that the commission may not adopt a 
contract form that includes a provision that requires the parties 
to submit a dispute arising under the contract to binding 
arbitration.
	SECTION ____.  The Texas Residential Construction 
Commission shall adopt contract forms as required by Section 
420.004, Property Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable 
after the effective date of this Act.