88R14227 SHH-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 4195
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the installation by a residential tenant of an electric
vehicle charging station in a parking space assigned to the tenant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 92.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 92.027. INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
STATION BY TENANT OF MULTIUNIT COMPLEX. (a) In this section:
(1) "Electric vehicle charging station" means
equipment manufactured for transferring electric energy from
electrical supply to an electric vehicle and associated
infrastructure necessary for the operation of the electric vehicle
charging station.
(2) "Multiunit complex" has the meaning assigned by
Section 92.151.
(b) A tenant of a multiunit complex may install at the
tenant's expense an electric vehicle charging station in accordance
with this section at a parking space on the premises that is
assigned to the tenant for the tenant's exclusive use in a written
lease.
(c) A landlord shall, in any written lease that includes a
provision for the assignment of a specific parking space to a tenant
of a multiunit complex for the tenant's exclusive use, include
reasonable terms for the installation of an electric vehicle
charging station at the tenant's parking space.
(d) Terms included in a lease under Subsection (c):
(1) shall include a requirement that an electric
vehicle charging station and the installation of an electric
vehicle charging station comply with applicable law and safety
requirements for the protection of persons and property, including
that installation shall be performed only by a person who holds any
license required by law for the performance of the installation;
and
(2) may include requirements that:
(A) an electric vehicle charging station comply
with reasonable architectural standards governing the dimensions,
placement, or external appearance of the electric vehicle charging
station, provided that the standards may not prohibit or have the
effect of prohibiting the installation of a charging station or
substantially increase the installation cost;
(B) the installation of the electric vehicle
charging station not cause irreparable damage to the premises; and
(C) the tenant:
(i) remove the electric vehicle charging
station at the termination of the tenancy; and
(ii) return the premises to the same
condition as before the installation of the electric vehicle
charging station.
(e) A tenant who installs an electric vehicle charging
station under this section shall be responsible for the costs of
installation, operation, maintenance, and repair, including hazard
and liability insurance.
(f) The electricity for the electric vehicle charging
station must be separately metered or metered by an embedded meter
and payable by the tenant installing the charging station.
(g) This section does not require a landlord to provide an
assigned parking space to a tenant in order to accommodate an
electric vehicle charging station.
SECTION 2. Section 92.027, 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, 2023.