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| 1 | 1 | 81R2486 PAM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Alonzo H.B. No. 244 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to regulation of residential tenancies by local | |
| 8 | 8 | governments. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Chapter 247 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 247. CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF | |
| 13 | 13 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 247.001. PROHIBITION AGAINST REGULATING RESIDENTIAL | |
| 15 | 15 | TENANCIES BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. (a) A political | |
| 16 | 16 | subdivision may not require a landlord to: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) refuse to lease to a prospective tenant or renew | |
| 18 | 18 | the lease of a tenant solely on the basis of the immigration status | |
| 19 | 19 | of the tenant or a member of the tenant's family; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) inquire as to the immigration status of a tenant or | |
| 21 | 21 | prospective tenant or a member of the tenant's family. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b) To the extent the prohibition imposed by Subsection (a) | |
| 23 | 23 | conflicts with common law, another state statute, or a local | |
| 24 | 24 | ordinance or other regulation, the prohibition in Subsection (a) | |
| 25 | 25 | prevails. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |