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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the effect on a credit report of certain transactions by |
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a person's spouse pending a divorce decree. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20.05, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Except as otherwise provided by federal law, a consumer |
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reporting agency may not include in a consumer report information |
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about a transaction of a consumer's spouse described by Section |
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6.707(a), Family Code, if the consumer provides a copy of the court |
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order making a finding that the transaction was in violation of that |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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submission of a court order to a consumer reporting agency for the |
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correction of a consumer report on or after the effective date of |
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this Act, regardless of whether the disputed transaction occurred |
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or the court order was rendered before, on, or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |