Texas Finance Code - FIN § 348.404. Seller's Action for Incentive Program or to Pay for Buyer's Motor Vehicle

(a) A retail seller may pay, promise to pay, or tender cash or another thing of value to the manufacturer, distributor, or retail buyer of the product if the payment, promise, or tender is made in order to participate in a financial incentive program offered by the manufacturer or distributor of the vehicle to the buyer.

(b) A retail seller, in connection with a retail installment transaction, may:

(c) A retail seller may pay in cash to the retail buyer any portion of the net cash value of a motor vehicle owned by the buyer and used as a trade-in in a transaction involving the sale of another motor vehicle. In this subsection, “net cash value” means the cash value of a motor vehicle after payment of all amounts secured by the motor vehicle.

(d) A retail seller may include money advanced under Subsection (b) in the retail installment contract only if it is included as an itemized charge and may disclose money advanced under Subsection (b) in any manner permitted by Regulation Z (12 C.F.R. Parts 226 and 1026) adopted under the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.).Section 349.003 does not apply to this subsection. This subsection does not create a private right of action. The commissioner has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce this subsection.