Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2266 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R12315 RAL-D
2	2	By: Cook S.B. No. 2266
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a seller's disclosure regarding real property located
10	10	within a certain distance of a state or federal superfund site.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Property Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 5.0131 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 5.0131. SELLER'S DISCLOSURE REGARDING SUPERFUND SITE.
15	15	(a) In this section:
16	16	(1) "Federal superfund site" means a facility that is
17	17	on the National Priorities List established under Section 105 of
18	18	the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
19	19	and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. Section 9605).
20	20	(2) "State superfund site" means a facility that is
21	21	listed on the state registry established under Section 361.181,
22	22	Health and Safety Code.
23	23	(b) A person who sells an interest in real property located
24	24	five miles or less from a state or federal superfund site shall give
25	25	to the purchaser of the property a written notice:
26	26	(1) disclosing for any such site:
27	27	(A) the name of the site;
28	28	(B) the county, zip code, and city, if any, where
29	29	the site is located; and
30	30	(C) the minimum distance from the property to the
31	31	site;
32	32	(2) stating:
33	33	(A) the definition of a state or federal
34	34	superfund site, as applicable; and
35	35	(B) that soil, groundwater, and groundwater
36	36	wells on the property may be contaminated by the site; and
37	37	(3) providing:
38	38	(A) the uniform resource locator (URL) address of
39	39	an Internet website maintained by the United States Environmental
40	40	Protection Agency where the purchaser can search by site name,
41	41	city, county, or zip code for:
42	42	(i) detailed information about a federal
43	43	superfund site disclosed under Subdivision (1); and
44	44	(ii) the human exposure environmental
45	45	indicator for a site disclosed under Subdivision (1);
46	46	(B) the uniform resource locator (URL) address of
47	47	an Internet website maintained by the Texas Commission on
48	48	Environmental Quality where the purchaser can search by site name,
49	49	county, or congressional, house, or senate district for information
50	50	about a state superfund site disclosed under Subdivision (1); and
51	51	(C) information on the feasibility and potential
52	52	cost of connecting the property to an available public water
53	53	source, if that information is readily available to the seller.
54	54	(c) The seller shall give the notice to the purchaser before
55	55	the effective date of an executory contract binding the purchaser
56	56	to purchase the property. If a contract is entered into without the
57	57	seller providing the notice required by this section, the purchaser
58	58	may terminate the contract for any reason not later than the 14th
59	59	day after the effective date of the contract.
60	60	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
61	61	a contract for the sale of real property entered into on or after
62	62	the effective date of this Act.
63	63	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.