78R795 AJA-D

By:  Chisum                                                       H.B. No. 39 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of certain requirements regarding 
security devices on leased dwellings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 92.152(a), Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(a)  This subchapter does not apply to:                                        
		(1)  a room in a hotel, motel, or inn or to similar 
transient housing;      
		(2)  residential housing owned or operated by a public 
or private college or university accredited by a recognized 
accrediting agency as defined under Section 61.003, Education Code;
		(3)  residential housing operated by preparatory 
schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency, a regional 
accrediting agency, or any accrediting agency recognized by the 
commissioner of education;  [or]
		(4)  a temporary residential tenancy created by a 
contract for sale in which the buyer occupies the property before 
closing or the seller occupies the property after closing for a 
specific term not to exceed 90 days; or
		(5)  residential housing owned and operated by a 
nonprofit organization if all residents are:
			(A)  of the same sex; and                                             
			(B)  primarily enrolled in a public or private 
college or university accredited by a recognized accrediting agency 
as defined under Section 61.003, Education Code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.