H.B. No. 2949
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the maximum amount of a documentary fee charged by a
  retail seller of motor vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 348.006(e) and (f), Finance Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  Prior to increasing the maximum amount of the
  documentary fee the retail seller charges, a retail seller shall
  provide written notice to the commissioner of the maximum amount of
  the documentary fee the retail seller intends to charge unless the
  maximum amount intended to be charged is considered reasonable as
  provided by Subsection (f).  The commissioner may review the amount
  of a documentary fee a retail seller intends to charge for
  reasonableness if the retail seller is required to provide written
  notice of the fee increase under this subsection.  In determining
  whether a fee charged by a retail seller is reasonable, the
  commissioner may consider the resources required by the retail
  seller to perform the retail seller's duties under state and
  federal law with respect to the handling and processing of
  documents relating to the sale and financing of a motor vehicle.  If
  the commissioner determines that a documentary fee charged is not
  reasonable, the commissioner may require that the documentary fee
  charged be reduced or suspended.
         (f)  A documentary fee charged in accordance with this
  section [before September 1, 2009,] is considered reasonable for
  purposes of this section if the amount is less than or equal to the
  amount of the documentary fee presumed reasonable as established by
  rule of the finance commission.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 348.006(e) and (f), Finance Code, as
  amended by this Act, apply only to the sale of a motor vehicle that
  occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The sale of a
  motor vehicle that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date of the sale, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2949 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2949 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor