Bill Text: TX HB2110 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the automatic transfer of manufacturer's warranties on air conditioning systems conveyed with residential real property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2110-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2110 | ||
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| relating to the automatic transfer of manufacturer's warranties on | ||
| air conditioning systems conveyed with residential real property. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 12, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 608 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 608. MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTIES ON AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS | ||
| Sec. 608.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Air conditioning system" means a heating, | ||
| ventilation, and air conditioning system that provides heating and | ||
| cooling to a building. | ||
| (2) "Residential real property" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 22.001. | ||
| (3) "Warrantor" means a person who is contractually | ||
| obligated to repair or replace a product under a warranty | ||
| agreement. | ||
| Sec. 608.002. TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. (a) If | ||
| residential real property that includes an air conditioning system | ||
| as a fixture to the property is conveyed to a new owner, a | ||
| manufacturer's warranty in effect on that system or a component of | ||
| that system on the date of the conveyance: | ||
| (1) is automatically transferred to the new owner; and | ||
| (2) continues in effect as if the new owner was the | ||
| original purchaser of the system or component, as applicable. | ||
| (b) A warrantor continues to be obligated under the terms of | ||
| a manufacturer's warranty agreement for a warranty transferred | ||
| under this section and may not charge a fee for the transfer of the | ||
| warranty. | ||
| (c) The transfer of a manufacturer's warranty under this | ||
| section does not extend the original term of the warranty | ||
| agreement. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a warranty agreement entered into or renewed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A warranty agreement entered into or | ||
| renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
| in effect on the date the agreement was entered into or renewed, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2110 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 23, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2110 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
