| 1 | 1 | | 89R3197 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cole H.B. No. 1860 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to disclosure by the landlord of a residential multiunit |
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| 10 | 10 | | complex to a tenant of the percentage of the tenant's monthly rent |
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| 11 | 11 | | payment attributable to the property taxes due for the complex. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 92.027 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 92.027. DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY TAX AS PERCENTAGE OF |
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| 16 | 16 | | RENT. (a) In this section, "landlord" and "multiunit complex" have |
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| 17 | 17 | | the meanings assigned to those terms by Section 92.151. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) This section applies only to a multiunit complex for |
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| 19 | 19 | | which an online apartment portal is maintained for payment of rent. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) As soon as practicable after receiving the bill for |
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| 21 | 21 | | property taxes due on a multiunit complex described by Subsection |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b), the landlord shall: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) notify each tenant that the information described |
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| 24 | 24 | | by this subsection is available on the online apartment portal; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) publish on the online apartment portal: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) the total amount of property taxes due for |
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| 27 | 27 | | the multiunit complex for that tax year; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) for each tenant, in a section of the portal |
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| 29 | 29 | | accessible only to the tenant, the percentage of the tenant's |
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| 30 | 30 | | monthly rent payment attributable to the property taxes due for the |
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| 31 | 31 | | multiunit complex. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act, applies only to information for a tax year that begins on or |
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| 34 | 34 | | after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. |
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