Bill Text: TX HB4507 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the deceptive trade practice of price gouging during a declared disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-18 - Left pending in committee [HB4507 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4507-Engrossed.html
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| By: Moody | H.B. No. 4507 | |
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| relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the | ||
| deceptive trade practice of price gouging during a declared | ||
| disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 17.4625, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A county attorney has concurrent jurisdiction with the | ||
| attorney general to prosecute an action under Section 17.46(b)(27). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 17.48(d), Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A district or county attorney is not required to obtain | ||
| the permission of the consumer protection division to prosecute an | ||
| action under this subchapter for a violation of Section | ||
| 17.46(b)(28), if the district or county attorney provides prior | ||
| written notice to the division as required by Subsection (b). A | ||
| county attorney is not required to obtain the permission of the | ||
| consumer protection division to prosecute an action under this | ||
| subchapter for a violation of Section 17.46(b)(27), if the county | ||
| attorney provides prior written notice to the division as required | ||
| by Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date | ||
| of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before | ||
| the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect | ||
| for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
