82R10159 KFF-F By: Eltife, et al. S.B. No. 1353 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to certain claims against persons licensed as real estate brokers and salespersons. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 17.49, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: (i) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to a claim against a person licensed as a broker or salesperson under Chapter 1101, Occupations Code, arising from an act or omission by the person while acting as a broker or salesperson. SECTION 2. Section 17.49(i), Business & Commerce Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a claim arising from an act or omission that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A claim arising from an act or omission that occurred before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the act or omission occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. 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, 2011.