Bill Text: TX SB601 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mail fees charged to tenants of certain residential properties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-13 - Filed [SB601 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB601-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 601 | |
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| relating to mail fees charged to tenants of certain residential | ||
| properties. | ||
| 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. CERTAIN MAIL FEES PROHIBITED. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Landlord" includes a manager or agent of the | ||
| landlord. | ||
| (2) "Mail" means a letter, postal card, package, bag, | ||
| or other sealed article that is delivered by the United States | ||
| Postal Service, a common carrier, or another delivery service. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a property with at least | ||
| six dwelling units that are under common ownership. | ||
| (c) A landlord may not: | ||
| (1) charge a tenant a fee to receive the tenant's mail; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) require a tenant to use a service that charges the | ||
| tenant a fee to receive, store, or otherwise handle the tenant's | ||
| mail. | ||
| (d) A landlord may offer a tenant an optional fee-based mail | ||
| service for the receipt, storage, or other handling of the tenant's | ||
| mail. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a lease entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
