87R12002 MWC-D
By: Lopez H.B. No. 3882
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a landlord's duty to inspect for and treat bedbugs in
residential rental units.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 92.0521 to read as follows:
Sec. 92.0521. LANDLORD'S DUTY TO INSPECT FOR AND TREAT
BEDBUGS; DISCLOSURE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b),
during a tenant's lease term or during a renewal or extension, the
landlord has a duty to inspect and treat, at the landlord's expense,
the leased premises for bedbugs.
(b) A tenant may decline in writing the landlord's
inspection for and treatment of bedbugs under Subsection (a).
(c) A provision stating the landlord's duty under this
section must be included in a lease agreement signed by the tenant.
SECTION 2. Section 92.0521, 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, 2021.