Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R11207 SCR-D
2	2	By: Zwiener H.B. No. 3706
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the installation by a residential tenant of electric
10	10	vehicle supply equipment in a parking space assigned to the tenant.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 92.027 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 92.027. INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY
15	15	EQUIPMENT BY CERTAIN TENANTS. (a) In this section:
16	16	(1) "Dwelling unit" has the meaning assigned by
17	17	Section 92.251.
18	18	(2) "Electric vehicle supply equipment" has the
19	19	meaning assigned by Section 2311.0101, Occupations Code.
20	20	(b) A tenant of a dwelling unit may install at the tenant's
21	21	expense electric vehicle supply equipment in accordance with this
22	22	section at a parking space on the premises that:
23	23	(1) is assigned to the tenant for the tenant's
24	24	exclusive use in a written lease;
25	25	(2) is accessed by an individual driveway; and
26	26	(3) is located near an individual or embedded meter.
27	27	(c) A landlord shall, on request of a tenant of a dwelling
28	28	unit subject to a written lease that includes a provision for the
29	29	assignment of a parking space described by Subsection (b), provide
30	30	to the tenant a separate written agreement with reasonable terms
31	31	for the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment at the
32	32	tenant's parking space.
33	33	(d) Terms included in an agreement under Subsection (c):
34	34	(1) shall include requirements that:
35	35	(A) electric vehicle supply equipment and the
36	36	installation of electric vehicle supply equipment comply with
37	37	applicable law and safety requirements for the protection of
38	38	persons and property, including that installation shall be
39	39	performed only by a person who holds any license required by law for
40	40	the performance of the installation; and
41	41	(B) before installing the electric vehicle
42	42	supply equipment, the tenant provide the landlord with a complete
43	43	financial analysis and scope of work plan, which the landlord must
44	44	approve in writing not later than one month after receiving the
45	45	financial analysis and plan;
46	46	(2) may include requirements that:
47	47	(A) electric vehicle supply equipment comply
48	48	with reasonable architectural standards governing the dimensions,
49	49	placement, or external appearance of the electric vehicle supply
50	50	equipment, provided that the standards may not prohibit or have the
51	51	effect of prohibiting the installation of electric vehicle supply
52	52	equipment or substantially increase the installation cost; and
53	53	(B) the installation of the electric vehicle
54	54	supply equipment not cause irreparable damage to the premises; and
55	55	(3) at the option of the landlord, may:
56	56	(A) require that the tenant:
57	57	(i) remove the electric vehicle supply
58	58	equipment before the termination of the tenancy; and
59	59	(ii) return the premises to the same
60	60	condition as before the installation of the electric vehicle supply
61	61	equipment; or
62	62	(B) provide that the electric vehicle supply
63	63	equipment remain on the premises after the termination of the
64	64	tenancy and that each successive tenant of the dwelling unit for
65	65	which the parking space is assigned assume responsibility for the
66	66	repair, maintenance, insurance, replacement, and removal of the
67	67	equipment until the equipment is removed.
68	68	(e) A tenant who installs electric vehicle supply equipment
69	69	under this section shall:
70	70	(1) deposit with the landlord an amount sufficient to
71	71	cover the cost of removal;
72	72	(2) be responsible for the costs of installation,
73	73	operation, maintenance, and repair, including hazard and liability
74	74	insurance; and
75	75	(3) provide a certificate of insurance naming the
76	76	landlord as an additional insured on the tenant's insurance policy
77	77	for any claim related to the installation, maintenance, use, or
78	78	removal of the electric vehicle supply equipment not later than the
79	79	14th day after receiving the landlord's approval to install the
80	80	equipment or notice to provide the certificate.
81	81	(f) The electricity for the electric vehicle supply
82	82	equipment must be separately metered or metered by an embedded
83	83	meter and payable by the tenant installing the supply equipment.
84	84	(g) This section does not require a landlord to provide an
85	85	assigned parking space to a tenant in order to accommodate electric
86	86	vehicle supply equipment.
87	87	SECTION 2. Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this
88	88	Act, applies only with respect to a lease entered into or renewed on
89	89	or after the effective date of this Act.
90	90	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.