83R4279 AJZ-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 499
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of actual damages to enable
compensation from the manufactured homeowners' recovery trust
fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1201.405(e), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) In determining the amount of actual damages under this
section, the director shall make an independent inquiry as to the
damages actually incurred, unless the damages have been previously
established through a [by a contested jury] trial.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a complaint under Section 1201.406(a), Occupations Code, filed
on or after the effective date of this Act. A complaint filed before
the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the
date the complaint was filed, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.