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AN ACT
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relating to the treatment and sale of certain bedding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 345.001, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subdivisions (5) and (9) and adding Subdivision |
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(2-a) to read as follows: |
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(2-a) "Floor model" means new bedding placed in a |
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retail sales area for display purposes. |
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(5) "New" means no previous use for any purpose other |
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than previous use as a floor model. |
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(9) "Secondhand" means previous use in any manner |
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other than previous use as a floor model. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 345, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 345.0065 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 345.0065. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO FLOOR MODEL. |
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Bedding that has not been used for a purpose other than as a floor |
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model is regulated as new bedding. A floor model may not be |
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regulated as secondhand bedding under this chapter in any manner. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to the sale of secondhand bedding on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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(b) Secondhand bedding sold before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect when the secondhand |
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bedding was sold, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2471 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2471 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |