By Naishtat                                     H.B. No. 2290

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the execution of certain writs in an action to

 1-3     determine possession of certain leased premises.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 24.0061(g), Property Code, is amended to

 1-6     read as follows:

 1-7           (g)  A sheriff or constable [An officer] may[, if necessary,]

 1-8     use reasonable force in executing a writ under this section.

 1-9           SECTION 2.  Section 92.009(d), Property Code, is amended to

1-10     read as follows:

1-11           (d)  The writ of reentry must be served on either the

1-12     landlord or the landlord's management company, on-premises manager,

1-13     or rent collector in the same manner as a writ of possession in a

1-14     forcible detainer action.  A sheriff or constable may use

1-15     reasonable force in executing a writ of reentry under this section.

1-16           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-17     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-18     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-19     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-20     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

1-21     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

1-22     passage, and it is so enacted.