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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a landlord's notice to residential tenants regarding |
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| 8 | 8 | | rent increases. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 92.026 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 92.026. NOTICE OF RENT INCREASES. (a) A landlord that |
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| 13 | 13 | | proposes on renewal of a tenant's lease to increase the amount of |
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| 14 | 14 | | rent the landlord charges the tenant shall provide written notice |
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| 15 | 15 | | to the tenant in accordance with this section. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must state: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the amount of the tenant's rent after the increase; |
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| 18 | 18 | | and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the effective date of the rent increase. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) The landlord shall provide the notice required by |
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| 21 | 21 | | Subsection (a) not later than the seventh day before the date the |
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| 22 | 22 | | tenant is required to provide notice to vacate at the end of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | lease term. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (d) If a landlord fails to provide notice as required by |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subsection (c), the landlord may not: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) before the seventh day after the date the landlord |
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| 27 | 27 | | provides to the tenant a notice in compliance with Subsection (b), |
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| 28 | 28 | | require the tenant to provide notice to vacate the premises; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) for a tenant who renews the lease, increase the |
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| 30 | 30 | | rent before the seventh day after the effective date of the renewal |
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| 31 | 31 | | lease term. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Section 92.026, Property Code, as added by this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the |
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| 34 | 34 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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