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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to designation of a representative for notice regarding | 
      
        |  | abandonment of shares of a mutual fund. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 72.1021, Property Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a-1)  A holder of shares of a mutual fund shall notify the | 
      
        |  | owner of the shares when the owner makes the initial purchase of | 
      
        |  | shares in the fund that the owner may designate a representative | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a). | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 2964 was passed by the House on April | 
      
        |  | 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | 
      
        |  | No. 2964 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, | 
      
        |  | 1 present, not voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 2964 was passed by the Senate, with | 
      
        |  | amendments, on May 16, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays | 
      
        |  | 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED: __________________ | 
      
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        |  | __________________ | 
      
        |  | Governor |