88R3192 ATP-F
 
  By: Collier H.B. No. 673
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice and opportunity to cure that must be given before
  filing an eviction suit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 24.005, Property Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 24.005.  NOTICE TO CURE DEFAULT; NOTICE TO VACATE PRIOR
  TO FILING EVICTION SUIT.
         SECTION 2.  Section 24.005, Property Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsections (a-1) and
  (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Subsections (a-1) and (a-2), if [If] the
  occupant is a tenant under a written lease or oral rental agreement,
  the landlord must give a tenant who defaults or holds over beyond
  the end of the rental term or renewal period at least three days'
  written notice to vacate the premises before the landlord files a
  forcible detainer suit[, unless the parties have contracted for a
  shorter or longer notice period in a written lease or agreement]. A
  landlord who files a forcible detainer suit on grounds that the
  tenant is holding over beyond the end of the rental term or renewal
  period must also comply with the tenancy termination requirements
  of Section 91.001.
         (a-1)  The landlord must give a residential tenant who
  defaults for nonpayment of rent written notice demanding payment of
  delinquent rent and an opportunity to cure the default by paying the
  delinquent rent. If the tenant fails to cure the default on or
  before the seventh day after the delivery of the written notice
  under this subsection, the landlord may issue the notice to vacate
  under Subsection (a). The written notice under this subsection
  must be given in accordance with Subsection (f) or (f-1) and must
  state that if the default is not cured within seven days, the
  landlord may give notice to vacate.
         (a-2)  The landlord must give a residential tenant who
  defaults for a reason other than nonpayment of rent written notice
  specifying the default and an opportunity to cure the default, if
  the reason for the default can be cured. If the tenant fails to cure
  the default on or before the seventh day after the delivery of the
  written notice under this subsection, the landlord may issue the
  notice to vacate under Subsection (a). The written notice under
  this subsection must be given in accordance with Subsection (f) or
  (f-1) and must state that if the default is not cured within seven
  days, the landlord may give notice to vacate.
         (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (f-1), the notice to
  vacate shall be given in person or by mail at the premises in
  question. Notice in person may be by personal delivery to the
  tenant or any person residing at the premises who is 16 years of age
  or older or personal delivery to the premises and affixing the
  notice to the inside of the main entry door. Notice by mail must 
  [may] be by [regular mail, by registered mail, or by] certified
  mail, return receipt requested, to the premises in question.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  24.005, Property Code, apply only to a notice to vacate given on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A notice to vacate given
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it
  existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.