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TX HJR75
Joint Resolution
Status
11/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Steve Toth
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AI Summary
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Proposes amending Article XVI, Section 50 of the Texas Constitution to allow the legislature to create statutory exceptions to home equity loan closing location requirements
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Currently, Texas law requires home equity loans to be closed only at the office of a lender, an attorney at law, or a title company
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The amendment would add the phrase "except as otherwise provided by statute" to the closing location requirement, giving the legislature authority to permit alternative closing locations
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Updates the required borrower notice to inform homeowners they may "qualify for an exception provided by law" to the office-only closing requirement
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Scheduled for voter approval at an election on November 4, 2025
Legislative Description
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for exceptions to the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company.
Financial
Last Action
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
3/6/2025