Bill Text: TX HB2489 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Leach | H.B. No. 2489 |
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relating to the ability of a property owners' association to | ||
enforce certain provisions on the lease or rental of real property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 202.019 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 202.019. REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASES. (a) A | ||
property owners' association may not include or enforce a provision | ||
in a dedicatory instrument that: | ||
(1) imposes dues, a fee, a charge, an assessment, a | ||
fine, a contribution, or another type of payment in connection with | ||
the rental or leasing of a property owner's property; | ||
(2) requires a tenant or rental applicant to be | ||
reviewed or approved by the property owners' association; or | ||
(3) requires a property owner, tenant, or rental | ||
applicant, or that person's agent, to provide copies of documents | ||
related to the rental or leasing of a property owner's property, in | ||
violation of any applicable state or federal laws. In this | ||
subsection, such documents include: | ||
(A) a lease; | ||
(B) a lease or rental application; or | ||
(C) a consumer or credit report. | ||
(b) A provision that violates Subsection (a) is void. | ||
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. |