H.B. 3190 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 3190 By: Uresti Business & Industry Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In 2001, the Property Code was amended to require commercial landlords to timely return security deposits. The bill provided for a 60-day deadline for return, but the reference to a 30-day deadline was inadvertently not changed. This bill cures that inconsistency by changing from a 30-day deadline to 60 days, as was intended. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 3190 amends the Property Code, as follows: _specifies to whom the tenant must give notice of the tenant's forwarding address; and _removes the inconsistently between the 60-day deadline in Section 93.005 and the 30-day deadline in Section 93.011. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2003.