By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 2424
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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EltifeX
CreightonX
EllisX
HuffinesX
SchwertnerX
SeligerX
TaylorofGalvestonX
WatsonX
WhitmireX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees paid to the Automobile Burglary and Theft
Prevention Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6A, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a request for a
refund made under this section must be made not later than four
years after the date the payment was made to the authority under
Section 10 of this article.
(f) This subsection expires September 1, 2017.
Notwithstanding Subsection (e) of this section, an insurer must
refile a request for a refund under this section with the authority
not later than November 1, 2015, if the request was:
(1) initially made after January 1, 2010;
(2) initially made before September 1, 2015; and
(3) denied before September 1, 2015, solely on the
basis of the six-month deadline established by Section 11, Chapter
305 (H.B. 1387), Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session,
1997.
SECTION 2. Section 11, Chapter 305 (H.B. 1387), Acts of the
75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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