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Amend SB 472 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 5 of the bill (page 7, line 9), strike "The
changes" and substitute "Except as provided by this Act, the
changes".
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the
bill and renumber existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 51, Property Code, is amended by
adding Section 51.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.013. WAIVER. A provision of a contract, agreement,
or other document that purports to waive a right of a debtor or
exempt a mortgage servicer, mortgagee, trustee, substitute
trustee, or government official from a duty under this chapter is
void.
SECTION ____. Section 51.013, Property Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a contract, agreement, or other document
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A
contract, agreement, or other document 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.