Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 91.054 · Subchapter B. DAMAGE WAIVERS AND MANDATORY CHARGES
PROHIBITED REPRESENTATIONS AND COERCION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employee or agent of a rental company may not:
(1) make an oral or written representation that contradicts this chapter; or
(2) use coercive language or a coercive act in an attempt to persuade a renter to purchase a damage waiver.
(b) For purposes of this section, if the renter has declined the damage waiver, a further statement or question by the employee or agent that refers to the damage waiver, other than a statement made in conjunction with review of the rental agreement that the waiver has been declined, is considered coercive.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.91.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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