By: Neave H.B. No. 3363
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a landlord's notice to residential tenants regarding
rent increases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 92.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 92.026. NOTICE OF RENT INCREASES. (a) A landlord
shall provide written notice to a tenant if the landlord proposes on
renewal of the tenant's lease to increase the rent the landlord
charges the tenant on the date of the notice.
(b) The landlord shall provide the notice required by
Subsection (a) not later than the 14th day before the date the
tenant is required to provide notice to vacate at the end of the
lease term or renewal period.
(c) A landlord who fails to give notice as required by this
section is liable to the tenant for any expense incurred by the
tenant as a result of the landlord's failure to give the notice.
SECTION 2. Section 92.026, Property Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A lease entered into or renewed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.