By Grusendorf H.B. No. 3182 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 eviction of a residential tenant by a landlord. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding a 1-5 new Section 24.0051 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 24.0051. In a justice court case in which a sworn 1-7 complaint if filed by a landlord seeking judgment against a tenant 1-8 for both eviction and unpaid rent, (a) either personal service on 1-9 the tenant or alternative service on the tenant under Rule 742a, 1-10 Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, is sufficient, procedurally, to 1-11 support a default judgment for eviction and unpaid rent; and 1-12 (b) the landlord's right to recover unpaid rent is not 1-13 precluded by the tenant's moving out of the dwelling between the 1-14 date the sworn complaint is filed with the court and the date the 1-15 court enters judgment. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.