85R8318 CLG-F     By: Holland H.B. No. 2949       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.