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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
