Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4170 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 04/23/2025

                            89R15661 RAL-F
 By: Hayes H.B. No. 4170




 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer
 fees for real property.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 5, Property Code, is
 amended by adding Section 5.208 to read as follows:
 Sec. 5.208.  VENUE. Notwithstanding any other law, an
 action brought under this subchapter, other than an action brought
 by the attorney general, must be brought in the county in which the
 real property is located.
 SECTION 2.  Section 5.208, Property Code, as added by this
 Act, applies only to an action filed on or after the effective date
 of this Act. An action filed 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, 2025.