H.B. No. 804

	AN ACT
	relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle
	storage facility must accept.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2303.159, Occupations Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall accept
	each of the following forms of payment [by an electronic check,
	debit card, or credit card] for any charge associated with delivery
	or storage of a vehicle:
	(1)  cash;
	(2)  debit card; and
	(3)  credit card.
	(a-1)  The operator of a vehicle storage facility shall
	conspicuously post a sign that states:  "This vehicle storage
	facility must accept payment by cash, [an electronic check,] credit
	card, and [or] debit card for any fee or charge associated with
	delivery or storage of a vehicle."  The operator of a vehicle
	storage facility may not refuse to release a vehicle based on the
	inability of the facility to accept payment by [electronic check,]
	debit card[,] or credit card of a fee or charge associated with
	delivery or storage of the vehicle unless the operator, through no
	fault of the operator, is unable to accept the [electronic check,]
	debit card[,] or credit card because of a power outage or a machine
	malfunction.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 804 was passed by the House on Apri
	l
	23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 804 was passed by the Senate on May
	23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor