BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1002

By: Collier

Business & Industry

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There are concerns that when a residential tenant's lease and associated parking permit have varying durations, the tenant may face obstacles to renewal of the parking permit, such as limited landlord office hours, that could result in confusion for the tenant and the possible towing of the tenant's vehicle. C.S.H.B. 1002 seeks to address these concerns by requiring a landlord who issues a parking permit to a residential tenant to issue the permit for a term that is coterminous with the tenant's lease term.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

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

C.S.H.B. 1002 amends the Property Code to require a landlord who issues a parking permit to a residential tenant to issue the permit for a term that is coterminous with the tenant's lease term and to prohibit such a landlord from terminating or suspending the permit until the date the tenant's right of possession ends.           

EFFECTIVE DATE

January 1, 2020.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.H.B. 1002 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

The substitute changes the date before which a landlord may not terminate or suspend a tenant's parking permit from the date the tenant's lease terminates to the date the tenant's right of possession ends.

The substitute changes the bill's effective date from September 1, 2019, to January 1, 2020.