By Alvarado H.B. No. 2628 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring certain persons entering a leased residential 1-3 dwelling to place a notice of entry inside the dwelling. 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 92.013 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 92.013. NOTICE OF ENTRY REQUIRED. A landlord or a 1-8 landlord's agent who enters a residential dwelling shall place in a 1-9 conspicuous location inside the dwelling a written notice to the 1-10 tenant stating: 1-11 (1) the purpose for the entry; 1-12 (2) the times at which the person entered and exited 1-13 the dwelling; 1-14 (3) the name and telephone number of the person who 1-15 unlocked the dwelling for purposes of entry; and 1-16 (4) if known, whether an additional entry is necessary 1-17 to complete the purpose of the entry. 1-18 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-19 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 1-20 landlord or a landlord's agent who enters a residential dwelling on 1-21 or after the effective date of this Act. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.