Bill Text: TX HB2489 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of residential leases or rental agreements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB2489 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2489-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2489 |
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relating to regulation by a property owners' association of | ||
residential leases or rental agreements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 209, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 209.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 209.016. REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASES OR RENTAL | ||
AGREEMENTS. (a) In this section, "sensitive personal information" | ||
means an individual's: | ||
(1) social security number; | ||
(2) driver's license number; | ||
(3) government-issued identification number; or | ||
(4) account, credit card, or debit card number. | ||
(b) A property owners' association may not adopt or enforce | ||
a provision in a dedicatory instrument that: | ||
(1) requires a lease or rental applicant or a tenant to | ||
be submitted to and approved for tenancy by the property owners' | ||
association; or | ||
(2) requires the following information to be submitted | ||
to a property owners' association regarding a lease or rental | ||
applicant or current tenant: | ||
(A) a consumer or credit report; or | ||
(B) a lease or rental application submitted by | ||
the applicant, tenant, or that person's agent to the property owner | ||
or property owner's agent when applying for tenancy. | ||
(c) If a copy of the lease or rental agreement is required by | ||
the property owners' association, any sensitive personal | ||
information may be redacted or otherwise made unreadable or | ||
indecipherable. | ||
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (b), nothing in this | ||
section shall be construed to prohibit the adoption or enforcement | ||
of a provision in a dedicatory instrument establishing a | ||
restriction relating to occupancy or leasing. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2489 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2489 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2489 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |