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| 1 | 1 | By: Bernal H.B. No. 379 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in real property | |
| 7 | 7 | sales; providing a civil penalty. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Property Code, is amended by adding | |
| 10 | 10 | Section 12.0013 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 12.0013. MANDATORY SALES PRICE DISCLOSURE. (a) A | |
| 12 | 12 | person may not file for record or have recorded in the county | |
| 13 | 13 | clerk | |
| 14 | 14 | 's office an instrument conveying real property under a | |
| 15 | 15 | contract for sale unless the instrument discloses the sales price | |
| 16 | 16 | of the property. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The purchaser of any property for which an instrument is | |
| 18 | 18 | recorded in violation of Subsection (a) is liable to the state for a | |
| 19 | 19 | civil penalty for each violation in an amount equal to five percent | |
| 20 | 20 | of the sales price of the property. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) The attorney general or the county or district attorney | |
| 22 | 22 | for the county in which the property is located may bring suit to | |
| 23 | 23 | recover a penalty under this section. | |
| 24 | 24 | (d) This section does not apply to an instrument conveying | |
| 25 | 25 | only a mineral interest in real property. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This section takes effect September 1, 2017. |