H.B. No. 944
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption from license requirements for a limited
  number of sales of manufactured housing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1201, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1201.1025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1201.1025.  EXEMPTION FROM RETAILER'S LICENSE
  REQUIREMENT. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, in any 12-month
  period a person is exempt from holding a retailer's license as
  required by Section 1201.101(b) if during that period the person
  sells or offers to sell not more than three manufactured homes.
         (b)  The department by rule shall develop a form necessary
  for a person to establish eligibility for the exemption provided by
  this section.
         (c)  A person who is eligible for an exemption under this
  section remains subject to the other applicable provisions of this
  subchapter regarding the sale of manufactured homes.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a sale of or an offer to sell manufactured homes on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A sale of or an offer to sell
  manufactured homes before that date is governed by the law in effect
  on the date of the sale, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 944 was passed by the House on April
  11, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 944 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 944 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor