By: Riddle (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 944

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013; April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; May 8, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 944 By: Carona

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.

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