82R5190 NC-D By: Hughes H.B. No. 1347 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a refund of registration fees paid by home builders to the Texas Residential Construction Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The comptroller shall pay to a builder a refund of the portion of a fee paid by the builder to the Texas Residential Construction Commission under former Section 416.004, Property Code, for an original or renewed certificate of registration that did not expire before September 1, 2009, that is allocable to the number of months remaining in the registration period under the certificate after August 31, 2009. The comptroller may adopt rules to implement this section. This section expires September 1, 2014. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.