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1973 Enactment of the Home Solicitation Act

  • Senate Bill 454(1973)
  • Chapter 39, Business and Commerce Code
  • Report: 62 pages
  • Fee: $195


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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. Tex. S.B. 454, 63rd Leg., R.S., Master Bill History
5. Tex. S.B. 454, As Introduced, 63rd Leg., R.S. (1973)
6. Tex. S.B. 454, Senate Committee Report, 63rd Tex. Leg., R.S. (1973)
7. Tex. S.B. 454, House Committee Report, 63rd Leg., R.S. (1973)
8. Tex. H.B. 841, 63rd Leg., R.S., Master Bill History
9. Tex. H.B. 841, As Introduced, 63rd Leg., R.S. (1973)
10. Tex. H.B. 1102, 63rd Leg., R.S., Master Bill History
11. Tex. H.B. 1102, As Introduced, 63rd Leg., R.S. (1973)
12. Senate Staff Services, Hearings on S.B. 454 Before the Senate Committee on Human Resources, 63rd Leg. R.S. (March 26, 1973)
13. Senate Staff Services, Debate on S.B. 454 On the Floor of the Senate (Second and Third Readings), 63rd Leg. R.S. (April 3, 1973)
14. Hearings on S.B. 454 Before the House Committee on Judiciary, 63rd Leg. R.S., Transcript (April 24, 1973)
15. Debate on S.B. 454 On the Floor of the House (Second Reading), 63rd Leg. R.S., Transcript (Mey 16, 1973)
16. Debate on S.B. 454 On the Floor of the House (Third Reading I), 63rd Leg. R.S. (May 17, 1973)
17. Debate on S.B. 454 On the Floor of the House (Third Reading II), 63rd Leg. R.S., Transcript (May 17, 1973)
18. S.J. of Tex., 70th Leg., R.S., 616-618 (1973)
19. H.J. of Tex., 63rd Leg., R.S. 3824, 4023, 4053-4054, 4152 (1973)
20. Act of June 11, 1973, 63rd Leg., R.S., ch. 246, 1973 Tex. Gen. Laws, 574

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

1983 – S.B. 239
22. Act of June 19, 1983, 68th Leg., R.S., ch. 490, 1983 Tex. Gen. Laws, 2883

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

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

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