Bill Text: TX HB2404 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to certain security devices for residential tenancies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 1/1/16 [HB2404 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2404-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain security devices for residential tenancies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 1/1/16 [HB2404 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2404-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 2404 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2404: | |||
By: Villalba | C.S.H.B. No. 2404 |
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relating to certain security devices for residential tenancies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 92.156, Property Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (e), a [ |
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security device operated by a key, card, or combination shall be | ||
rekeyed by the landlord at the landlord's expense not later than the | ||
seventh day after each tenant turnover date. | ||
(e) If a tenant breaches a written lease and vacates the | ||
premises, the landlord may deduct from the tenant's security | ||
deposit the reasonable cost incurred by the landlord to rekey a | ||
security device as required by this section only if the lease | ||
includes a provision that is underlined or printed in boldface type | ||
authorizing the deduction. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 92.157(a), Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) At a tenant's request made at any time, a landlord, at | ||
the tenant's expense, shall install: | ||
(1) a keyed dead bolt on an exterior door if the door | ||
has: | ||
(A) a doorknob lock but not a keyed dead bolt; or | ||
(B) a keyless bolting device but not a keyed dead | ||
bolt or doorknob lock; and | ||
(2) a sliding door handle latch [ |
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door security bar if the door is an exterior sliding glass door | ||
without a sliding door handle latch [ |
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security bar. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 92.1641, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 92.1641. LANDLORD'S DEFENSES RELATING TO INSTALLING OR | ||
REKEYING CERTAIN SECURITY DEVICES. The landlord has a defense to | ||
liability under Section 92.164 if: | ||
(1) the tenant has not fully paid all rent then due | ||
from the tenant on the date the tenant gives a request under | ||
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required by Section 92.164; or | ||
(2) on the date the tenant terminates the lease or | ||
files suit the tenant has not fully paid costs requested by the | ||
landlord and authorized by Section 92.162. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |