85R26217 PMO-D
By: Neave H.B. No. 3363
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3363:
By: Collier C.S.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 amount of rent the
landlord charges the tenant on the date of the notice.
(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must state:
(1) the amount of the tenant's rent after the increase;
and
(2) the effective date of the rent increase.
(c) The landlord shall provide the notice required by
Subsection (a) not later than the seventh day before the date the
tenant is required to provide notice to vacate at the end of the
lease term.
(d) If a landlord fails to provide notice as required by
Subsection (c), the landlord may not:
(1) before the seventh day after the date the landlord
provides to the tenant a notice in compliance with Subsection (b),
require the tenant to provide notice to vacate the premises; and
(2) for a tenant who renews the lease, increase the
rent before the seventh day after the effective date of the renewal
lease term.
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.