By Naishtat H.B. No. 2290
75R8023 PAM-D
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.