Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE |
Title 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES |
Subtitle B. RENTAL PRACTICES |
Chapter 91. PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICLE RENTAL COMPANIES |
Subchapter B. DAMAGE WAIVERS AND MANDATORY CHARGES |
Sec. 91.054. PROHIBITED REPRESENTATIONS AND COERCION
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(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.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 , Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.