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