Bill Text: TX HB1268 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a landlord's liability to a tenant for a casualty loss to residential rental premises caused by the landlord.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1268 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1268-Introduced.html
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| By: Walle | H.B. No. 1268 | |
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| relating to a landlord's liability to a tenant for a casualty loss | ||
| to residential rental premises caused by the landlord. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 92.054, Property Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) If the rental premises become unusable for residential | ||
| purposes as a result of a casualty loss caused by the negligence or | ||
| fault of the landlord, the landlord: | ||
| (1) if comparable rental premises owned by the | ||
| landlord are available for occupancy, shall allow the tenant to | ||
| move to the premises for the remainder of the tenant's lease; or | ||
| (2) if rental premises owned by the landlord are not | ||
| available, shall: | ||
| (A) locate comparable rental premises; and | ||
| (B) be liable to the tenant for the amount of the | ||
| rent for the comparable rental premises that exceeds the amount of | ||
| rent the tenant pays to the landlord under the tenant's lease for | ||
| the remainder of the tenant's lease. | ||
| (e) The duties of a landlord under Subsection (d) are in | ||
| addition to any other duties of a landlord or remedies of a tenant | ||
| under this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 92.054(d), Property Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a lease that is entered into or renewed on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
