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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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, filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A complaint |
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filed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in |
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effect on the date the complaint was filed, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |