82R20700 NC-D
 
  By: Hughes H.B. No. 1347
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1347:
 
  By:  Workman C.S.H.B. No. 1347
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a refund of registration fees paid by home builders to
  the Texas Residential Construction Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  This Act applies only to a fee paid by a
  builder after June 1, 2009, to the Texas Residential Construction
  Commission under former Section 416.004, Property Code, for an
  original or renewed certificate of registration that did not expire
  before September 1, 2009.
         (b)  This Act does not apply to a fee prorated by the Texas
  Residential Construction Commission on or after June 10, 2009.
         (c)  The comptroller shall pay to a builder a refund of the
  portion of a fee to which this section applies that is allocable to
  the number of months remaining in the registration period under the
  certificate after August 31, 2009, if the builder submits a written
  request for the refund and proof of the registration and the payment
  of the fee.
         (d)  The comptroller may adopt rules to implement this
  section.
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2012.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.