89R3197 DRS-D
By: Cole H.B. No. 1860
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosure by the landlord of a residential multiunit
complex to a tenant of the percentage of the tenant's monthly rent
payment attributable to the property taxes due for the complex.
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. DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY TAX AS PERCENTAGE OF
RENT. (a) In this section, "landlord" and "multiunit complex" have
the meanings assigned to those terms by Section 92.151.
(b) This section applies only to a multiunit complex for
which an online apartment portal is maintained for payment of rent.
(c) As soon as practicable after receiving the bill for
property taxes due on a multiunit complex described by Subsection
(b), the landlord shall:
(1) notify each tenant that the information described
by this subsection is available on the online apartment portal; and
(2) publish on the online apartment portal:
(A) the total amount of property taxes due for
the multiunit complex for that tax year; and
(B) for each tenant, in a section of the portal
accessible only to the tenant, the percentage of the tenant's
monthly rent payment attributable to the property taxes due for the
multiunit complex.
SECTION 2. Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to information for a tax year that begins on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.