Bill Text: TX SB1718 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of private passenger vehicle rental companies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1718 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1718-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1718 | |
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| relating to the regulation of private passenger vehicle rental | ||
| companies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 91.001(6) and (7), Business & Commerce | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (6) "Rental agreement" means an agreement for 180 [ |
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| days or less that states the terms governing the use of a private | ||
| passenger vehicle rented by a rental company. | ||
| (7) "Rental company" means a person in the business of | ||
| renting private passenger vehicles to the public for 180 [ |
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| or less. The term does not include a person who holds a license | ||
| under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, and whose primary business | ||
| activity is not renting private passenger vehicles. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 91.001(6) and (7), Business & Commerce | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a rental agreement | ||
| entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A rental | ||
| agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered | ||
| into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
