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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disclosure by the landlord of a residential multiunit |
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complex to a tenant of the percentage of the tenant's monthly rent |
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payment attributable to the property taxes due for the complex. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 92.027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 92.027. DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY TAX AS PERCENTAGE OF |
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RENT. (a) In this section, "landlord" and "multiunit complex" have |
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the meanings assigned to those terms by Section 92.151. |
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(b) This section applies only to a multiunit complex for |
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which an online apartment portal is maintained for payment of rent. |
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(c) As soon as practicable after receiving the bill for |
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property taxes due on a multiunit complex described by Subsection |
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(b), the landlord shall: |
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(1) notify each tenant that the information described |
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by this subsection is available on the online apartment portal; and |
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(2) publish on the online apartment portal: |
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(A) the total amount of property taxes due for |
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the multiunit complex for that tax year; and |
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(B) for each tenant, in a section of the portal |
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accessible only to the tenant, the percentage of the tenant's |
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monthly rent payment attributable to the property taxes due for the |
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multiunit complex. |
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SECTION 2. Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to information for a tax year that begins on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. |