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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2025; February 24, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | + | March 26, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 1; March 26, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to the advertising of certain used motor vehicles. |
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| 9 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, is |
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| 11 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 2301.364 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 15 | | Sec. 2301.364. ADVERTISING BY DEALERS OF CERTAIN USED MOTOR |
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| 13 | 16 | | VEHICLES. Notwithstanding any other law, a dealer may advertise |
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| 14 | 17 | | for sale a specific used motor vehicle that is not in the possession |
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| 15 | 18 | | of the dealer at the time the advertisement is placed if the |
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| 16 | 19 | | advertisement: |
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| 17 | 20 | | (1) clearly and conspicuously discloses that the |
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| 18 | 21 | | vehicle is not in the possession of the dealer; |
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| 19 | 22 | | (2) states that the motor vehicle may be obtained |
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| 20 | 23 | | within a reasonable time from the manufacturer, the distributor, or |
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| 21 | 24 | | a manufacturer- or distributor-affiliated financial institution; |
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| 22 | 25 | | and |
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| 23 | 26 | | (3) includes the vehicle identification number of the |
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| 24 | 27 | | specific motor vehicle, if the price of the vehicle is advertised. |
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| 25 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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