Bill Text: TX HB3306 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a residential tenant to cure default for nonpayment of rent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB3306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3306-Introduced.html
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By: Bryant | H.B. No. 3306 |
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relating to the right of a residential tenant to cure default for | ||
nonpayment of rent. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 24.00605 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 24.00605. RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S RIGHT TO CURE BEFORE | ||
JUDGMENT RENDERED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a | ||
residential tenant who is in default for nonpayment of rent under a | ||
written or oral lease may cure the default and reinstate the lease | ||
by paying all rent, court costs, and attorney's fees at any time | ||
before the date that a court renders judgment against the tenant in | ||
an eviction suit. | ||
(b) Unless the lease provides otherwise, a tenant may not | ||
cure a default if the tenant cured a default under this section in | ||
the preceding 12-month period. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a lease or rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |