Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1473 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/12/2015

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                            84R3252 LED-F
 By: Garcia, Watson S.B. No. 1473


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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
 solely for leasing a dwelling to a tenant, based on evidence that
 the tenant has been convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred
 adjudication for, an offense.
 (b)  This section does not preclude a cause of action for
 negligent leasing of a dwelling by a landlord 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 landlord 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 September 1, 2015.