Bill Text: TX HB804 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle storage facility must accept.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB804 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB804-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle storage facility must accept.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB804 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB804-Introduced.html
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By: Geren | H.B. No. 804 |
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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 [ |
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or storage of a vehicle: | ||
(1) cash; | ||
(2) electronic check; | ||
(3) debit card; and | ||
(4) 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, [ |
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card, and [ |
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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. |