Bill Text: TX HB2110 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the automatic transfer of manufacturer's warranties on air conditioning systems conveyed with residential real property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2110 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2110-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2110
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the automatic transfer of manufacturer's warranties on
  air conditioning systems conveyed with residential real property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 12, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 608 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 608. MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTIES ON AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
         Sec. 608.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Air conditioning system" means a heating,
  ventilation, and air conditioning system that provides heating and
  cooling to a building.
               (2)  "Residential real property" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 22.001.
               (3)  "Warrantor" means a person who is contractually
  obligated to repair or replace a product under a warranty
  agreement. 
         Sec. 608.002.  TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. (a) If
  residential real property that includes an air conditioning system
  as a fixture to the property is conveyed to a new owner, a
  manufacturer's warranty in effect on that system or a component of
  that system on the date of the conveyance:
               (1)  is automatically transferred to the new owner; and
               (2)  continues in effect as if the new owner was the
  original purchaser of the system or component, as applicable.
         (b)  A warrantor continues to be obligated under the terms of
  a manufacturer's warranty agreement for a warranty transferred
  under this section and may not charge a fee for the transfer of the
  warranty.
         (c)  The transfer of a manufacturer's warranty under this
  section does not extend the original term of the warranty
  agreement.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a warranty agreement entered into or renewed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A warranty agreement entered into or
  renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect on the date the agreement was entered into or renewed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2110 was passed by the House on April
  23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 123, Nays 23, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2110 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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