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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain contracts for the purchase of residential real |
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property located in a colonia. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Property Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 5.088 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5.088. SPANISH TRANSLATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN |
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RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. (a) In this section, |
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"colonia" means a geographic area that: |
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(1) is an economically distressed area as defined by |
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Section 17.921, Water Code; |
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(2) is located in a county any part of which is within |
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62 miles of an international border; and |
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(3) consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located |
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in close proximity to each other in an area that may be described as |
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a community or neighborhood. |
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(b) A copy of an executory contract for conveyance of |
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residential real property located in a colonia written in Spanish |
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must be provided if the purchaser or potential purchaser requests |
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that the contract be provided in Spanish. |
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(c) The copy of the executory contract described by |
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Subsection (b) must be written by a translator certified in |
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Spanish. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the executed contract |
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and any other binding and controlling document between the seller |
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and purchaser must be written in English. |
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(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect an |
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executory contract for the conveyance of residential real property |
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not located in a colonia. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |