Bill Text: TX HB3295 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain actions by district and county attorneys under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Considered in Calendars [HB3295 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3295-Introduced.html
| 87R7139 MWC-F | ||
| By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 3295 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of certain actions by district and | ||
| county attorneys under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer | ||
| Protection Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 17.48(c) and (d), Business & Commerce | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) In an action prosecuted by a district or county attorney | ||
| under this subchapter for a violation of Section 17.46(b)(28) or | ||
| (33), three-fourths of any civil penalty awarded by a court must be | ||
| paid to the county where the court is located. | ||
| (d) A district or county attorney is not required to obtain | ||
| the permission of the consumer protection division to prosecute an | ||
| action under this subchapter for a violation of Section | ||
| 17.46(b)(28) or (33), if the district or county attorney provides | ||
| prior written notice to the division as required by Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 17.48(c) and (d), Business & Commerce | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an action that accrues | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. An action that accrued | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
