Bill Text: TX HB1049 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1049 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting a prospective residential landlord from increasing the amount of rent during the rental application process.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB1049 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1049-Introduced.html

	88R3061 KBB-D

	By: Hinojosa	H.B. No. 1049



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to prohibiting a prospective residential landlord from
	increasing the amount of rent during the rental application
	process.
	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. PROSPECTIVE LANDLORD PROHIBITED FROM
	INCREASING RENT AMOUNT DURING APPLICATION PROCESS. (a) In this
	section, "applicant," "landlord," and "rental application" have
	the meanings assigned by Section 92.351.
	(b) This section applies only to a rental application
	provided by a landlord to an applicant that:
	(1) provides that the applicant will be considered to
	lease a specific rental unit; and
	(2) states the monthly rent amount at which the
	specified rental unit will be offered to an approved applicant.
	(c) A landlord who approves a rental application to which
	this section applies must provide to the applicant a written lease
	agreement for the rental unit referenced in the application at the
	monthly rent amount stated in the application.
	(d) A landlord who violates this section is liable to the
	applicant for an amount equal to the sum of $100, three times the
	amount of any application fee or deposit, and the applicant's
	reasonable attorney's fees.
	SECTION 2. Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to a rental application provided to an applicant
	on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.