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1983 Amendment to the Home Solicitation Act (S.B. 239)

• Senate Bill 239 (1983)
• Chapter 39, Business and Commerce Code
• Report: 25 pages
• Fee: $95

Abstract

The Texas Legislature originally passed the Home Solicitation Act in 1973. It was numbered in Art. 5069–13.01, Vernon’s Annotated Revised Statutes. It was revised in 1975, 1983, and 1995. In 1997, it was transferred to the Business and Commerce Code.

Exhibits

1972 - Federal Trade Commission Cooling-Off Rule
1. 37 FR 22934
2. 60 FR 54180
3. 16 CFR Part 429

1973 - S.B. 454
4. Act of June 11, 1973, 63rd Leg., R.S., ch. 246, 1973 Tex. Gen. Laws, 574

1975 - H.B. 719
5. Act of April 18, 1975, 64th Leg., R.S., ch. 59, 1975 Tex. Gen. Laws, 124

1983 – S.B. 239
6. Tex. S.B. 239, 68th Leg., R.S., Master Bill History
7. Tex. S.B. 239, As Introduced, 68th Leg., R.S. (1983)
8. Tex. S.B. 239, Senate Committee Report, 68th Tex. Leg., R.S. (1983)
9. Tex. S.B. 239, House Committee Report, 68th Leg., R.S. (1983)
10. Capitol Research Services, Hearings on S.B. 239 Before the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence, 68th Leg. R.S. (February 8, 1983)
11. Capitol Research Services, Debate on S.B. 239 On the Floor of the Senate (Second and Third Readings), 68th Leg. R.S. (February 10, 1983)
12. Capitol Research Services, Hearings on S.B. 239 Before the House Committee on Business and Commerce, 68th Leg. R.S. (May 3, 1983)
13. Capitol Research Services, Debate on S.B. 239 On the Floor of the House (Second Reading), 68th Leg. R.S. (May 25, 1983)
14. Capitol Research Services, Debate on S.B. 239 On the Floor of the House (Third Reading), 68th Leg. R.S. (May 28, 1983)
15. S.J. of Tex., 70th Leg., R.S. 235 (1987)
16. House Research Organization, S.B. 239 Bill Analysis (May 19, 1983)
17. H.J. of Tex., 68th Leg., R.S. 3074, 3421 (1983)
18. Act of June 19, 1983, 68th Leg., R.S., ch. 490, 1983 Tex. Gen. Laws, 2883

1983 — S.B. 668
19. Act of June 19, 1983, 68th Leg., R.S., ch. 564, 1983 Tex. Gen. Laws, 3259

1995 - H.B. 1885
20. Act of June 16, 1995, 74th Leg., R.S., ch. 926, 1995 Tex. Gen. Laws, 4649

1997 Codification of the Finance Code
21. Codification of the Finance Code, 75th Leg., R.S., ch. 1008, 1997 Tex. Gen. Laws, 3091 (Excerpt)
22. Texas Business and Commerce Code, ch. 39 (Vernon Supp. 2001)