Bill Text: TX HB3988 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the filing fee for a complaint concerning the failure of a manufacturer, converter, or distributor to conform a motor vehicle to certain express warranties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB3988 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3988-Introduced.html

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86R5702 TSR-F
By: Raney H.B. No. 3988

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing fee for a complaint concerning the failure of
a manufacturer, converter, or distributor to conform a motor
vehicle to certain express warranties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2301.712(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) If a person who brings a complaint under Subchapter M
prevails in the case, the [board or a person delegated power from
the board under Section 2301.154 shall order the] nonprevailing
party in the case shall [to] reimburse the amount of the filing fee
for the case.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.