Amend HB 1799 by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Section 8C to read as follows:
      Sec. 8C.  RESIDENTIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIRED DURING PAROLE OR
RELEASE TO MANDATORY SUPERVISION.  (a)  This section applies only
to persons convicted of a felony offense under Title 5 or Title 7,
Penal Code.
      (b)  In addition to other conditions imposed by a parole
panel under this article, the panel shall require as a condition of
parole or mandatory supervision that a person subject to this
section disclose the nature of the crime for which the person was
convicted and the person's name and address to any landlord of the
property at which the person resides or the landlord's agent.
      (c)  The person shall disclose the required information to
the landlord or the landlord's agent when the person leases the
property.
      (d)  Not earlier than the 90th day or later than the 30th day
before the date the person is due to be released from a penal
institution, an official of the penal institution shall:
            (1)  inform the person of the person's duty to make the
disclosures required by this section; and
            (2)  require the person to sign a written statement
that the person was so informed or, if the person refuses to sign
the statement, certify that the person was so informed.
      (e)  The duty to provide the disclosures required by this
section ends on the day that the person discharges parole or
mandatory supervision.
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 92.0061 to read as follows:
      Sec. 92.0061.  LANDLORD'S LIABILITY FOR THIRD-PARTY ACTS.  If
a person fails to provide the disclosures required by Section 8C,
Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, the landlord or the
landlord's agent may not be held liable for damages proximately
caused by the person's failure to disclose the required
information.