1-1 By: Duncan (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 1218 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 1993; 1-3 March 31, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; April 6, 1993, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 6, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Henderson x 1-9 Harris of Tarrant x 1-10 Brown x 1-11 Harris of Dallas x 1-12 Luna x 1-13 Parker x 1-14 West x 1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-16 AN ACT 1-17 relating to a clarification of a commercial landlord's remedies for 1-18 nonpayment of rent. 1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-20 SECTION 1. Section 93.002(f), Property Code, is amended to 1-21 read as follows: 1-22 (f) If a landlord or a landlord's agent changes the door 1-23 lock of a tenant who is delinquent in paying rent, the landlord or 1-24 agent must place a written notice on the tenant's front door 1-25 stating the name and the address or telephone number of the 1-26 individual or company from which the new key may be obtained. The 1-27 new key is required to be provided only during the tenant's regular 1-28 business hours and only if the tenant pays the delinquent rent. 1-29 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-30 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-31 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-32 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-33 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-34 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-35 * * * * * 1-36 Austin, 1-37 Texas 1-38 April 6, 1993 1-39 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-40 President of the Senate 1-41 Sir: 1-42 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B. 1-43 No. 1218, have had the same under consideration, and I am 1-44 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 1-45 that it do pass and be printed. 1-46 Henderson, 1-47 Chairman 1-48 * * * * * 1-49 WITNESSES 1-50 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 1218.