By Wilson H.B. No. 1130
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1130:
By Yarbrough C.S.H.B. No. 1130
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to disclosures by a real estate licensee.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 15E, The Real Estate License Act (Article
1-5 6573a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended as follows:
1-6 Sec. 15E. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act or any
1-7 other law, a licensee shall have no duty to inquire about, make a
1-8 disclosure related to, or release information related to whether a:
1-9 (a) previous or current occupant of real property had, may
1-10 have had, has, or may have AIDS, HIV-related illnesses, or HIV
1-11 infection as defined by the Centers for Disease Control of the U.S.
1-12 Public Health Service; or
1-13 (b) death that occurred on a property by natural causes,
1-14 suicide, or accident unrelated to the condition of the property.
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 1993.
1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars of both houses create an
1-18 emergency an imperative public necessity that the constitutional
1-19 rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house
1-20 be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.