83R4473 AJZ-D
By: Riddle H.B. No. 944
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from license requirements for a limited
number of sales of manufactured housing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1201, Occupations Code,
is amended by adding Section 1201.1025 to read as follows:
Sec. 1201.1025. EXEMPTION FROM RETAILER'S LICENSE
REQUIREMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in any 12-month
period a person is exempt from holding a retailer's license as
required by Section 1201.101(b) if during that period the person
sells or offers to sell not more than five manufactured homes.
(b) The department by rule shall develop a form necessary
for a person to establish eligibility for the exemption provided by
this section.
(c) A person who is eligible for an exemption under this
section remains subject to the other applicable provisions of this
subchapter regarding the sale of manufactured homes.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a sale of or an offer to sell manufactured homes on or after the
effective date of this Act. A sale of or an offer to sell
manufactured homes before that date is governed by the law in effect
on the date of the sale, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.