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AN ACT
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relating to the determination of actual damages to enable |
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compensation from the manufactured homeowners' recovery trust |
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fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 1201.405, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) In determining the amount of actual damages under this |
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section, the director shall make an independent inquiry as to the |
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damages actually incurred, unless the damages have been previously |
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established through a [by a] contested [jury] trial. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a complaint under Subsection (a), Section 1201.406, Occupations |
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Code, that is pending on the effective date of this Act or is filed |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. A complaint that is |
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filed before the effective date of this Act and is not pending on |
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the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the |
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date the complaint was filed, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 499 passed the Senate on |
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March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 22, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 499 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |