Bill Text: TX HB279 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to pet deposits or fees collected by landlords.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Left pending in committee [HB279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB279-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 279 | |
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| relating to pet deposits or fees collected by landlords. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 92.027 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 92.027. PET DEPOSITS OR FEES. If a lease allows a | ||
| tenant to have a pet on the premises, the landlord may collect from | ||
| the tenant a one-time refundable or nonrefundable pet deposit at | ||
| the initiation of the lease or a monthly fee for the pet, but not | ||
| both. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A lease entered into or renewed 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, 2021. | ||
