84R4337 TSR-F
By: Geren H.B. No. 804
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle
storage facility must accept.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2303.159, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall accept
each of the following forms of payment [by an electronic check,
debit card, or credit card] for any charge associated with delivery
or storage of a vehicle:
(1) cash;
(2) electronic check;
(3) debit card; and
(4) credit card.
(a-1) The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall
conspicuously post a sign that states: "This vehicle storage
facility must accept payment by cash, [an] electronic check, credit
card, and [or] debit card for any fee or charge associated with
delivery or storage of a vehicle." The operator of a vehicle
storage facility may not refuse to release a vehicle based on the
inability of the facility to accept payment by electronic check,
debit card, or credit card of a fee or charge associated with
delivery or storage of the vehicle unless the operator, through no
fault of the operator, is unable to accept the electronic check,
debit card, or credit card because of a power outage or a machine
malfunction.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.