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Amend HB 213 (house committee report) as follows:

(1) On page 1, lines 9 and 10, strike ""mortgage servicer" has the meaning" and substitute ""mortgagee" and "mortgage servicer" have the meanings".

(2) On page 1, strike lines 12-15 and substitute the following:

Sec. 397.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a loan secured by a first lien on residential real property that:

(1) is not a federally related mortgage loan, as defined by 12 U.S.C. Section 2602; and

(2) is serviced by a mortgage servicer other than the mortgagee of the loan.