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AN ACT
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relating to the liability of a landlord for damages resulting from |
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the execution of a writ of possession in an eviction suit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.0061, Property Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) A landlord is not liable for damages to the tenant |
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resulting from the execution of a writ of possession by an officer |
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under this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.0061(i), Property Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to the execution of a writ of possession |
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issued in an eviction suit filed on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. Execution of a writ of possession issued in an eviction |
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suit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 900 on May 27, 2021, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 900 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134, |
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Nays 7, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays |
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2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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900 on May 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |