By Solomons H.B. No. 342 75R2509 CAS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the contents of a written lease agreement between a 1-3 landlord and tenant of residential rental property. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 92.012 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 92.012. STATEMENT OF LEASE NEGOTIABILITY. (a) Each 1-8 written lease must contain a statement substantially similar to the 1-9 following: 1-10 THE TERMS OF THIS LEASE MAY BE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION TO MEET THE 1-11 TENANT'S PARTICULAR NEEDS. IF YOU ARE ADVISED BY ANY PERSON, 1-12 INCLUDING THE LEASING AGENT, MANAGER, OR LANDLORD, THAT THIS LEASE 1-13 IS NOT NEGOTIABLE, CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE SIGNING THE LEASE. 1-14 (b) The statement must be printed in each lease directly 1-15 above the line on which the tenant is to enter the tenant's 1-16 signature agreeing to the lease. 1-17 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-18 (b) Section 92.012, Property Code, as added by this Act, 1-19 applies only to a written lease agreement between a landlord and 1-20 tenant of residential rental property entered into on or after the 1-21 effective date of this Act. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.