87R1020 SCL-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to provision of a verified accounting for actions
involving foreclosure of a lien on residential real property or
recovery on a consumer credit account.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 150B to read as follows:
CHAPTER 150B. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIONS INVOLVING CERTAIN DEBTS
Sec. 150B.0001. VERIFIED ACCOUNTING REQUIRED IN CERTAIN
ACTIONS. An applicant for an expedited order allowing foreclosure
of a lien on residential real property under Rule 736, Texas Rules
of Civil Procedure, a petitioner in an action for judicial
foreclosure of a lien on residential real property, or a claimant
seeking recovery in an action on a consumer credit account must file
with the application, petition, or pleading a verified accounting
of:
(1) the balance due on the account;
(2) each payment made on the account; and
(3) the total and final principal amount on the
account.
SECTION 2. Section 150B.0001, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an action that commences
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.