By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 2250          (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 22, 2023, read   first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   April 27, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 27, 2023,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2250 By:  Zaffirini     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the execution of a certificate of completion for the   purchase of solar panels under a retail installment contract.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 345, Finance Code, is   amended by adding Section 345.0811 to read as follows:          Sec. 345.0811.  CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR SOLAR PANEL   RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACT. (a) A retail seller of solar panels   may not require a retail buyer to execute a certificate unless the   solar panels are fully operational and pass the building code   inspection applicable to the retail buyer's property.          (b)  A certificate executed under Subsection (a) is void if   the covered solar panel installation fails a building code   inspection before the first anniversary of the date the certificate   was signed by the retail buyer.          (c)  Notwithstanding Section 345.081(f), a certificate   rendered void under Subsection (b) shall entitle the retail buyer   to deferment of installment under Section 345.069 until the retail   seller remedies the certificate.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *