89R15661 RAL-F
 
  By: Hayes H.B. No. 4170
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer
  fees for real property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 5, Property Code, is
  amended by adding Section 5.208 to read as follows:
         Sec. 5.208.  VENUE. Notwithstanding any other law, an
  action brought under this subchapter, other than an action brought
  by the attorney general, must be brought in the county in which the
  real property is located.
         SECTION 2.  Section 5.208, Property Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to an action filed on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An action filed 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.