By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 2424
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
  May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
  and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         EltifeX
         CreightonX
         EllisX
         HuffinesX
         SchwertnerX
         SeligerX
         TaylorofGalvestonX
         WatsonX
         WhitmireX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to fees paid to the Automobile Burglary and Theft
  Prevention Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6A, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
  is amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), a request for a
  refund made under this section must be made not later than four
  years after the date the payment was made to the authority under
  Section 10 of this article.
         (f)  This subsection expires September 1, 2017.
  Notwithstanding Subsection (e) of this section, an insurer must
  refile a request for a refund under this section with the authority
  not later than November 1, 2015, if the request was:
               (1)  initially made after January 1, 2010;
               (2)  initially made before September 1, 2015; and
               (3)  denied before September 1, 2015, solely on the
  basis of the six-month deadline established by Section 11, Chapter
  305 (H.B. 1387), Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session,
  1997.
         SECTION 2.  Section 11, Chapter 305 (H.B. 1387), Acts of the
  75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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