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| 1 | 1 | 87R8338 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Campos H.B. No. 3036 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a temporary abatement of evictions for failure to pay | |
| 8 | 8 | rent during and after a disaster. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 24.012 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 24.012. TEMPORARY ABATEMENT OF EVICTION DURING AND | |
| 13 | 13 | AFTER DISASTER. (a) In this section, "state of disaster" means a | |
| 14 | 14 | state of disaster declared by the governor under Section 418.014, | |
| 15 | 15 | Government Code. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) This section applies only to an eviction based on a | |
| 17 | 17 | tenant's nonpayment of rent. | |
| 18 | 18 | (c) An action under this chapter to evict a tenant is | |
| 19 | 19 | automatically abated without a court order during the period a | |
| 20 | 20 | state of disaster is in effect and until the 61st day after the date | |
| 21 | 21 | a state of disaster ends. | |
| 22 | 22 | (d) During the period a state of disaster is in effect and | |
| 23 | 23 | until the 61st day after the date a state of disaster ends, an | |
| 24 | 24 | officer may not execute a writ of possession relating to the | |
| 25 | 25 | eviction of a tenant. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |