Texas § OC.1806.051 - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

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§ OC.1806.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The department shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter, including: (1) in addition to any practice prohibited or restricted by this chapter, prohibiting or restricting any specific unfair, deceptive, or misleading practices related to residential solar retail and specifying those practices; (2) requiring a solar retailer or solar salesperson to provide disclosures or educational materials when selling or leasing, or offering to sell or lease, a residential solar energy system and specifying the form and format of those disclosures; (3) regulating the form and format of an agreement for the sale or lease of a residential solar energy system; (4) establishing insurance requirements for solar retailers; and (5) establishing continuing education requirements as a prerequisite to renew a solar salesperson registration under this chapter. (c) The commission shall consult the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner in adopting rules described by Subsections (b)(2) and (3) to ensure compliance with federal and state law governing financial transactions, including the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.). Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1062 (S.B. 1036 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

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Section OC.1806.051 ("GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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