Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R6332 SCL-D
2	2	By: Shaheen H.B. No. 2515
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to short-term rental units that violate municipal
8	8	ordinances.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Chapter 95 to read as follows:
12	12	CHAPTER 95. SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS
13	13	Sec. 95.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
14	14	(1) "Short-term rental unit" means a residence,
15	15	including a single-family residence or a unit in an apartment,
16	16	condominium, cooperative, timeshare, or other multiunit
17	17	residential building, that is rented wholly or partly for a fee and
18	18	for a period of less than 30 consecutive days.
19	19	(2) "Short-term rental unit listing service" means a
20	20	person who:
21	21	(A) lists a short-term rental unit that is not
22	22	owned by the person on an Internet website, application, or
23	23	software for the purpose of facilitating the rental of the unit on
24	24	behalf of the unit's owner; and
25	25	(B) collects a fee from the owner for the rental
26	26	of the unit or for the listing service.
27	27	Sec. 95.002. REMOVAL OF LISTING REQUIRED. On the receipt of
28	28	notice under Section 215.007, Local Government Code, of a third
29	29	violation of a municipal ordinance within a one-year period
30	30	involving a short-term rental unit that is listed by a short-term
31	31	rental unit listing service, the listing service shall remove the
32	32	unit from the listing service's Internet website, application, or
33	33	other online platform for at least 30 days.
34	34	Sec. 95.003. INJUNCTION. (a) The following persons may
35	35	bring an action under Subsection (b):
36	36	(1) a person who has incurred a loss or disruption of
37	37	the conduct of the person's business as a result of a violation of a
38	38	municipal ordinance involving a short-term rental unit; or
39	39	(2) another person who has been harmed by a violation
40	40	of a municipal ordinance involving a short-term rental unit.
41	41	(b) A person described by Subsection (a) may bring an action
42	42	for appropriate injunctive relief against the owner of a short-term
43	43	rental unit that is the subject of three or more violations of
44	44	municipal ordinances within a one-year period. The person bringing
45	45	the action may seek and recover reasonable attorney's fees and
46	46	court costs.
47	47	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 215, Local Government
48	48	Code, is amended by adding Section 215.007 to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 215.007. NOTICE OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNIT VIOLATIONS.
50	50	(a) In this section:
51	51	(1) "Short-term rental unit" means a residence,
52	52	including a single-family residence or a unit in an apartment,
53	53	condominium, cooperative, timeshare, or other multiunit
54	54	residential building, that is rented wholly or partly for a fee and
55	55	for a period of less than 30 consecutive days.
56	56	(2) "Short-term rental unit listing service" means a
57	57	person who:
58	58	(A) lists a short-term rental unit that is not
59	59	owned by the person on an Internet website, application, or
60	60	software for the purpose of facilitating the rental of the unit on
61	61	behalf of the unit's owner; and
62	62	(B) collects a fee from the owner for the rental
63	63	of the unit or for the listing service.
64	64	(b) A municipality shall provide written notice to a
65	65	short-term rental unit listing service of a violation of a
66	66	municipal ordinance involving a short-term rental unit listed on
67	67	the listing service.
68	68	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
69	69	conduct violating an ordinance that occurs on or after the
70	70	effective date of this Act.
71	71	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.