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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to occupancy limits for certain residential rental |
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property. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 92.010(a) and (b), Property Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the maximum number |
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of adults that a landlord may allow to occupy a dwelling is two |
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[three] times the number of bedrooms in the dwelling. |
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(b) A landlord may allow an occupancy rate of more than two |
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[three] adult tenants per bedroom: |
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(1) to the extent that the landlord is required by a |
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state or federal fair housing law to allow a higher occupancy rate; |
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or |
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(2) if an adult whose occupancy causes a violation of |
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Subsection (a) is seeking temporary sanctuary from family violence, |
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as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code, for a period that does |
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not exceed one month. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a lease or lease agreement executed or renewed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A lease or lease agreement executed or |
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renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect at the time the lease or lease agreement was executed or |
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renewed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |