H.B. No. 804
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle
  storage facility must accept.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2303.159, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall accept
  each of the following forms of payment [by an electronic check,
  debit card, or credit card] for any charge associated with delivery
  or storage of a vehicle:
               (1)  cash;
               (2)  debit card; and
               (3)  credit card.
         (a-1)  The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall
  conspicuously post a sign that states:  "This vehicle storage
  facility must accept payment by cash, [an electronic check,] credit
  card, and [or] debit card for any fee or charge associated with
  delivery or storage of a vehicle."  The operator of a vehicle
  storage facility may not refuse to release a vehicle based on the
  inability of the facility to accept payment by [electronic check,]
  debit card[,] or credit card of a fee or charge associated with
  delivery or storage of the vehicle unless the operator, through no
  fault of the operator, is unable to accept the [electronic check,]
  debit card[,] or credit card because of a power outage or a machine
  malfunction.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 804 was passed by the House on Apri
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  23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 804 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor