Bill Text: TX HB1532 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a temporary abatement of evictions of residential tenants during a pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-08 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB1532 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1532-Introduced.html
87R4860 DRS-D | ||
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 1532 |
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relating to a temporary abatement of evictions of residential | ||
tenants during a pandemic. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 24.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 24.012. TEMPORARY ABATEMENT OF EVICTION OF RESIDENTIAL | ||
TENANT DURING PANDEMIC. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Pandemic disease" means an infectious disease | ||
that spreads to a significant portion of the population of a | ||
country, multiple countries, or the world and that poses a | ||
substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities, | ||
illnesses, or permanent long-term disabilities. | ||
(2) "State of disaster" means a state of disaster | ||
declared by the governor under Section 418.014, Government Code. | ||
(b) An action under this chapter to evict a residential | ||
tenant is automatically abated without a court order during the | ||
period a state of disaster related to a pandemic disease is in | ||
effect. | ||
(c) During the period a state of disaster related to a | ||
pandemic disease is in effect, an officer may not execute a writ of | ||
possession relating to the eviction of a residential tenant. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2022. |