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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of a residential tenant from leased |
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premises without judicial process. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 92.0081(b), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A landlord may not intentionally prevent a tenant from |
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entering the leased premises, including the common area of the |
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residential rental property, except by judicial process unless the |
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exclusion results from[:
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[(1)] bona fide repairs, construction, or an |
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emergency. If the exclusion is for a repair or for construction, the |
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landlord shall deliver to the tenant, not later than 24 hours before |
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the time the repair or construction work begins, written notice of |
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the exclusion and of the anticipated period of the exclusion[;
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[(2)
removing the contents of premises abandoned by a
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tenant; or
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[(3)
changing the door locks on the door to the
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tenant's individual unit of a tenant who is delinquent in paying at
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least part of the rent]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 92.0081(c), (d), (e), (e-1), (f), (g), |
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(i), and (k), Property Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a lease entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A lease entered into or renewed before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |