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| 1 | 1 | By: Blanco S.B. No. 2604 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to a seller's notice regarding the connection of water | |
| 9 | 9 | utilities to certain tracts of land. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Property Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 5.0131 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 5.0131. SELLER'S DISCLOSURE OF WATER SERVICE: CERTAIN | |
| 14 | 14 | COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to an executory contract | |
| 15 | 15 | for the purchase of a lot that is five acres or less in a county | |
| 16 | 16 | that: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) contains a municipality with a population of more | |
| 18 | 18 | than 500,000; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) is adjacent to an international border. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) Before an executory contract to which this section | |
| 21 | 21 | applies is signed by the purchaser, the seller shall provide to the | |
| 22 | 22 | purchaser a written statement that specifies whether the property | |
| 23 | 23 | currently has water service. | |
| 24 | 24 | (c) A statement under Subsection (b) must be printed in both | |
| 25 | 25 | English and Spanish in 14-point bold-face type or in 14-point | |
| 26 | 26 | capital letters. | |
| 27 | 27 | (d) If an executory contract is entered into without the | |
| 28 | 28 | seller providing the statement required by this section, the | |
| 29 | 29 | purchaser may terminate the contract for any reason within the | |
| 30 | 30 | earlier of: | |
| 31 | 31 | (1) seven days after the date the purchaser receives | |
| 32 | 32 | the notice; or | |
| 33 | 33 | (2) the date the transfer occurs as provided by the | |
| 34 | 34 | executory contract. | |
| 35 | 35 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |