By: Lujan (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2884
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 23, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 23, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of private passenger vehicle rental
companies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 91.001(6) and (7), Business & Commerce
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(6) "Rental agreement" means an agreement for 180 [30]
days or less that states the terms governing the use of a private
passenger vehicle rented by a rental company.
(7) "Rental company" means a person in the business of
renting private passenger vehicles to the public for 180 [30] days
or less. The term does not include a person who holds a license
under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, and whose primary business
activity is not renting private passenger vehicles.
SECTION 2. Sections 91.001(6) and (7), Business & Commerce
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a rental agreement
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A rental
agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered
into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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