By: Walle (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 3625
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2023;
May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3625 By: Creighton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a
floodplain.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 92.0135, Property Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a-1) Notices under Subsections (b) and (d) are not required
for a tenant under:
(1) a lease with a term of less than 30 days; or
(2) a temporary residential tenancy created by a
contract for sale in which the buyer occupies the property before
closing or the seller occupies the property after closing for a
specific term not greater than 90 days.
(e) The notices required by Subsections (b) and (d) must be
included in a paragraph of the lease, as an addendum to the lease,
or in a separate written document given to the tenant at or before
execution of the lease. The landlord and tenant must sign the
document containing a required notice to evidence the provision and
receipt of the notice.
SECTION 2. Section 92.0135(a-1), Property Code, as added by
this Act, and Section 92.0135(e), Property Code, as amended by this
Act, apply only to a lease agreement entered into or renewed on or
after the effective date of this Act. A lease agreement entered
into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this
Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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