Bill Text: TX HB1524 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain definitions applicable to the Texas Fair Housing Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-05 - Filed [HB1524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1524-Introduced.html
| 89R5316 JG-D | ||
| By: Bell of Montgomery | H.B. No. 1524 | |
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| relating to certain definitions applicable to the Texas Fair | ||
| Housing Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 301.003, Property Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subdivision (1-a) and amending Subdivision (8) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1-a) "Bona fide offer" means an offer made in good | ||
| faith without deceitful motives and that is legally binding on the | ||
| parties. The term includes a lump sum offer and an earnest money | ||
| deposit. | ||
| (8) "Dwelling" means any: | ||
| (A) structure or part of a structure that is | ||
| occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence | ||
| by one or more families and has received a certificate of occupancy; | ||
| or | ||
| (B) vacant land that is offered for sale or lease | ||
| for the construction or location of a structure or part of a | ||
| structure described by Paragraph (A). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
