H.B. No. 1510
AN ACT
relating to liability of persons who lease dwellings to persons
with criminal records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 92.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 92.025. LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL
RECORD. (a) A cause of action does not accrue against a landlord or
a landlord's manager or agent solely for leasing a dwelling to a
tenant convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred adjudication
for, an offense.
(b) This section does not preclude a cause of action for
negligence in leasing of a dwelling by a landlord or a landlord's
manager or agent to a tenant, if:
(1) the tenant:
(A) was convicted of an offense listed in Section
3g, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(B) has a reportable conviction or adjudication,
as defined by Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) the person against whom the action is filed knew or
should have known of the conviction or adjudication.
(c) This section does not create a cause of action or expand
an existing cause of action.
SECTION 2. Section 92.025, Property Code, as added by this
Act, does not affect a cause of action that accrued before the
effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1510 was passed by the House on May 5,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1510 on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0,
3 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1510 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor