89R14341 BEE-F
By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2413
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of certain laws to tiny homes and tiny
home communities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 94.002, Property Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This chapter does not apply to a tiny home community or
tiny home. For purposes of this subsection:
(1) "Tiny home" means a moveable trailer:
(A) with a home affixed to a single chassis:
(i) which is a transportable unit that has a
body not wider than 14 feet and is designed to provide living
quarters for not more than one household when connected to
utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and
appliances; and
(ii) the total area of which in a setup
mode, when measured from the maximum dimensions of the exterior
surface of the exterior stud walls, not including any bay windows or
protrusions, does not exceed 500 square feet;
(B) that is not:
(i) a recreational vehicle as defined by
Section 522.004(b), Transportation Code;
(ii) a park model trailer that is designed
to be used for human habitation, with or without a permanent
foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and that:
(a) is less than eight feet six inches
in width and 45 feet in length in the traveling mode;
(b) includes the plumbing, heating,
air conditioning, and electrical systems; and
(c) is not required to be affixed with
a label or decal issued by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development and by the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs; or
(iii) a manufactured home as defined by
Section 94.001, Property Code; and
(C) that may not be titled as a vehicle with the
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(2) "Tiny home community" means real property that:
(A) is rented or held out for rent to others for
the placement of two or more tiny homes;
(B) is not:
(i) a recreational vehicle park as defined
by Section 13.087, Water Code, and not under ownership of a
recreational vehicle park; or
(ii) a manufactured home community as
defined by Section 94.001 and not under ownership of a manufactured
home community;
(C) is subject to property tax; and
(D) is metered by a utility company to the owners
of the tiny homes on the property.
SECTION 2. Section 522.004(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In this section, "recreational vehicle" means a motor
vehicle primarily designed as temporary living quarters for
recreational camping or travel use. The term includes a travel
trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, and motor home. The term
does not include a tiny home as defined by Section 94.002(c),
Property Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.