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12 Document(s) [ Subject: Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act ]
| Committee: | Senate State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Abortion | Biometric identification | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | Employees Retirement System of Texas | Human trafficking | Investment of public funds | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Privacy | Public retirement systems | Sexually oriented businesses | Teacher Retirement System of Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.87 St29a | |
| Session: | 87th R.S. (2021) | |
| Online version: | View report [36 pages File size: 779 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Protecting the Unborn: Monitor the impact of SB 8, 87th R.S., The Texas Heartbeat Act, and the expanded funding for alternatives to abortion programs passed by the 87th Legislature. Study alternatives to abortion programs' effectiveness in meeting the needs of pregnant and post-partum women and recommend how the Legislature should strengthen the program. Recommend ways to provide additional alternatives to abortion and comprehensive informed consent resources to mothers who are expecting. | |
| 2. | Human Trafficking: Examine opportunities and make recommendations to reduce the profitability of and demand for human trafficking in Texas. Determine ways to increase public awareness of the proliferation of human trafficking, as well as resources for victims and survivors. Monitor the implementation of HB 1540, 87th R.S., and examine changes in arrest rates, judicial dispositions, and sentencing amongst offenders due to provisions of the legislation. Examine opportunities for attorneys to combat human trafficking in their local communities, including use of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, to generate revenue for local law enforcement officials combatting human trafficking. Make any other recommendations to further prevent human trafficking. | |
| 3. | Privacy and Transparency: Review the current state laws that protect and secure individuals' biometric identifiers. Explore ways to protect against the use of biometric identifiers for unintended purposes without an individual's consent and make recommendations to the Senate. Study websites that closely resemble government websites or fraudulently represent companies that they are not, including websites that use names of state agencies or licenses. Make recommendations to ensure that Texans' are not mislead, taken advantage, or defrauded, especially when they try to seek assistance from a state website. | |
| 4. | Investment Practices: Study the investment practices of financial services firms and how those practices affect the state’s public pensions. Make recommendations to ensure the state’s public pension funds are not being invested to further political or social causes. | |
| Committee: | Joint Deceptive Trade Practices | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Joint Committee on Deceptive Trade Practices. | |
| Subjects: | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | Fraud | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 d355 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View report [26 pages File size: 1,156 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Examine the economic impact on businesses and consumers resulting from the interpretation and application of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). Study whether the interpretation of the DTPA has contributed to unpredictability in the state's civil justice system. * | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | Joint Deceptive Trade Practices | |
| Title: | Report of the Joint Committee on Deceptive Trade Practices, Volume I: agendas, minutes, transcripts, legislative history (transcripts and journals of previous legislation) | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 D355 1 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View document [905 pages File size: 25,840 kb] | |
| Committee: | Joint Deceptive Trade Practices | |
| Title: | Report of the Joint Committee on Deceptive Trade Practices, Volume II: written testimony, index to oral testimony, other materials submitted | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 D355 2 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View document [340 pages File size: 8,604 kb] | |
| Committee: | House Insurance | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report of the Insurance Committee, Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Automobile insurance | Consumer protection | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | Fire prevention | Firefighters | Health insurance | Insurance industry | Insurance rates | Property insurance | Rural issues | State buildings | State mandates | Texas Catastrophic Property Insurance Association | Tropical storms | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.68 in7 | |
| Session: | 68th R.S. (1983) | |
| Online version: | View report [255 pages File size: 7,620 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 16. | |
| 2. | To monitor the study being conducted by the State Board of insurance pursuant to HCR 213, 68th R.S., relating to the advantages and disadvantages of the various forms of property/casualty rate making and policy form implementation. | |
| 3. | To study mandated coverages in the health insurance field and recommend a coherent policy of state mandated coverages. Examine effects of mandated coverages on rates and premiums as well as the impact of utilization and adverse selection when coverages are mandated. | |
| 4. | To study advantages and disadvantages of alternative methods of marketing and underwriting uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage currently found in other states and their possible application in Texas, including proposals by which underinsured motorists coverage could be offered without the requirement that benefits be reduced by the amount of the other party's liability coverage. | |
| 5. | To study the fire record credit system as it currently affects the costs of every fire and commercial multiperil insurance policy in this state; to determine whether the provision of debits or credits based on fire loss experience has had its desired effect of enhancing fire prevention and protection; and to determine whether these desired goals could be achieved in a more equitable or less administratively burdensome manner. | |
| 6. | To conduct a study to determine if current Texas law regulating unfair and deceptive trade practices in the business of insurance achieves its desired goals of enhancing consumer protection and full disclosure of insurance information without unfairly punishing persons involved in the business of insurance for innocent acts, and to conduct a survey of other state laws to ascertain the advantages and disadvantages of other states' attempts to provide fair and effective consumer protection in the business of insurance. | |
| 7. | To study advantages and disadvantages of support for volunteer fire departments through a surcharge on insurance premiums in rural areas. | |
| 8. | To study advantages and disadvantages of a state self-insurance program to provide funds to replace state property and buildings in case of fire or other disasters. | |
| 9. | To study the impact of Hurricane Alicia on the insurance industry in Texas. Consider the issues of solvency, prices, and availability of windstorm insurance in the storm area. Also study the effectiveness of operation of the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association. | |
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Final staff recommendations, Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs : the Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. | |
| Subjects: | Attorney General Consumer Protection Division | Consumer protection | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.66 c765rd | |
| Session: | 66th R.S. (1979) | |
| Online version: | View report [20 pages File size: 670 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Consider the effects of the 1979 amendments to the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. Review the manner in which the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's office handles consumer complaints. * | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Press Releases | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.66 C765PR | |
| Session: | 66th R.S. (1979) | |
| Online version: | View document [155 pages] | |
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim activities of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. | |
| Subjects: | Construction industry | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | Manufactured housing | Vending machines | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.63 c765ia | |
| Session: | 63rd R.S. (1973) | |
| Online version: | View report [4 pages File size: 241 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Review the laws regulating mobile homes in Texas and make suggestions for improvements. * | |
| 2. | Review the operation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act, and recommend any needed amendments. * | |
| 3. | Oversee the operation of the Texas Amusement Machine Commission and the enforcement of laws regulating the amusement machine industry. * | |
| 4. | Study the problems caused by incomplete and faulty home remodeling and construction. * | |
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act | |
| Library Catalog Title: | The Texas deceptive trade practices and consumer protection act : final report / Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, 63rd Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.63 c765rd | |
| Session: | 63rd R.S. (1973) | |
| Online version: | View report [9 pages File size: 221 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Review the operation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act, and recommend any needed amendments. * | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Press Releases | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Press releases. | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.63 c765pr | |
| Session: | 63rd R.S. (1973) | |
| Online version: | View document [0 pages] | |
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | DPS inventory of materials | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.63 C765VI | |
| Session: | 63rd R.S. (1973) | |
| Online version: | View document [0 pages] | |
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Meeting list | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.64 c765m | |
| Session: | 63rd R.S. (1973) | |
| Online version: | View document [6 pages] | |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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