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Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 2A.106. Limitation On Power Of Parties To Consumer Lease To Choose Applicable Law And Judicial Forum

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§ 2A.106. LIMITATION ON POWER OF PARTIES TO CONSUMER LEASE 
TO CHOOSE APPLICABLE LAW AND JUDICIAL FORUM.  (a) If the law chosen 
by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other 
than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time the 
lease agreement becomes enforceable or within 30 days thereafter or 
in which the goods are to be used, the choice is not enforceable.
	(b)  If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a 
consumer lease is a forum located in a jurisdiction other than the 
jurisdiction in which the lessee in fact signed the lease 
agreement, resides at the commencement of the action, or resided at 
the time the lease contract became enforceable or in which the goods 
are in fact used by the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 570, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007