| 1 | | - | By: Canales, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1099 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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| 4 | | - | Commerce; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1099 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to a residential tenant's right to summon police or other |
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| 12 | 6 | | emergency assistance. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Sections 92.015(a) and (b), Property Code, are |
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| 15 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (a) A landlord may not: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (1) prohibit or limit a residential tenant's right to |
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| 18 | 12 | | summon police or other emergency assistance based on the tenant's |
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| 19 | 13 | | reasonable belief that an individual is in need of intervention or |
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| 20 | 14 | | emergency assistance [in response to family violence]; or |
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| 21 | 15 | | (2) impose monetary or other penalties on a tenant who |
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| 22 | 16 | | summons police or emergency assistance if the assistance was |
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| 23 | 17 | | requested or dispatched based on the tenant's reasonable belief |
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| 24 | 18 | | that an individual was in need of intervention or emergency |
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| 25 | 19 | | assistance [in response to family violence]. |
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| 26 | 20 | | (b) A provision in a lease is void if the provision purports |
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| 27 | 21 | | to: |
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| 28 | 22 | | (1) waive a tenant's right to summon police or other |
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| 29 | 23 | | emergency assistance based on the tenant's reasonable belief that |
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| 30 | 24 | | an individual is in need of intervention or emergency assistance |
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| 31 | 25 | | [in response to family violence]; or |
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| 32 | 26 | | (2) exempt any party from a liability or a duty under |
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| 33 | 27 | | this section. |
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| 34 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 92.015(e), Property Code, is repealed. |
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| 35 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Section 92.015, Property Code, as amended by |
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| 36 | 30 | | this Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or |
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| 37 | 31 | | after the effective date of this Act. A lease entered into or |
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| 38 | 32 | | renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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| 39 | 33 | | as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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| 40 | 34 | | that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 41 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 42 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1099 was passed by the House on April |
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| 39 | + | 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 40 | + | voting. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1099 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 44 | + | 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 48 | + | Date |
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| 49 | + | _____________________ |
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| 50 | + | Governor |
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