86R3696 PMO-D
By: Neave, Collier H.B. No. 624
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 that
proposes on renewal of a tenant's lease to increase the amount of
rent the landlord charges the tenant shall provide written notice
to the tenant in accordance with this section.
(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.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.