Finance Code § 347.255

Sec. 347.255. ADJUSTMENT OF AMOUNTS PAID TO CREDITOR FOR TAXES. (a) If the amount held by a creditor to pay ad valorem taxes on the manufactured home and the amounts for taxes to be paid to the creditor with installments before the due date of the tax exceed the amount required to pay the tax when it is due, the creditor, at the consumer's option, shall: (1) repay the excess to the consumer; or (2) credit the excess to the payment of the consumer's future tax installments. (b) If the amount held by the creditor to pay ad valorem taxes on the manufactured home is not sufficient to pay the tax when it is due, the consumer, before the 31st day after the date on which the creditor mails to the consumer notice requesting the consumer to pay the amount of the deficiency, shall pay to the creditor an amount equal to the amount of the deficiency. (c) If the consumer fails to pay the amount under Subsection (b), the creditor may treat the deficiency in the same manner as provided by Section 347.203 for the consumer's failure to obtain the required insurance. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.