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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a landlord's notice to residential tenants regarding |
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rent increases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 92.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 92.026. NOTICE OF RENT INCREASES. (a) A landlord |
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shall provide written notice to a tenant if the landlord proposes on |
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renewal of the tenant's lease to increase the amount of rent the |
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landlord charges the tenant on the date of the notice. |
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(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must state: |
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(1) the amount of the tenant's rent after the increase; |
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and |
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(2) the effective date of the rent increase. |
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(c) The landlord shall provide the notice required by |
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Subsection (a) not later than the seventh day before the date the |
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tenant is required to provide notice to vacate at the end of the |
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lease term. |
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(d) If a landlord fails to provide notice as required by |
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Subsection (c), the landlord may not: |
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(1) before the seventh day after the date the landlord |
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provides to the tenant a notice in compliance with Subsection (b), |
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require the tenant to provide notice to vacate the premises; and |
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(2) for a tenant who renews the lease, increase the |
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rent before the seventh day after the effective date of the renewal |
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lease term. |
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SECTION 2. Section 92.026, Property Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A lease entered into or renewed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |