Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB498 by Huffman (relating to a commercial landlord’s or tenant’s remedies regarding certain unlawful activities in a multiunit commercial property.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Property Code to add certain massage establishments to a list of definitions related to prostitution and the trafficking of persons and to require that landlords allow tenants in multiunit commercial buildings where such activity is occurring to vacate a lease under certain conditions.
Local Government Impact
According to the Texas Low Income Housing Service, no significant fiscal impact to units of local government is anticipated.