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  89R18717 BCH-F     By: Lujan H.B. No. 1395     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1395:     By:  Button C.S.H.B. No. 1395       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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 [ 30 ]   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 [ 30 ] days   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.  Subchapter B, Chapter 91, Business & Commerce   Code, is amended by adding Section 91.057 to read as follows:           Sec.   91.057.     REFUND OF DAMAGE WAIVER CHARGE. A rental   company shall issue to a renter a refund of any damage waiver   charges charged or collected for a period that exceeds the number of   calendar days a damage waiver is in effect if:                 (1)     the renter returns a rented motor vehicle before   the anticipated return date; or                 (2)     the damage waiver is not in effect for the entire   period of the rental agreement because the renter cancels the   damage waiver before the anticipated return date, and the rental   company confirms that the rented motor vehicle was not damaged   before the damage waiver's cancellation.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.