Bill Text: TX HB3276 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB3276 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3276-Engrossed.html
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| By: González of Dallas, Jetton, Gates, | H.B. No. 3276 | |
| Morales Shaw, Manuel, et al. | ||
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| relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 92.0115 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 92.0115. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN FEES. (a) A fixed, | ||
| recurring fee other than rent for a dwelling that a landlord intends | ||
| to charge a tenant under a written lease must be disclosed by the | ||
| landlord to the tenant before a lease for the dwelling is signed by | ||
| the tenant. Disclosure of the amount of a fee in a written lease or | ||
| an amendment to a written lease satisfies the requirement of this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (b) A tenant is not obligated to pay a fee described by | ||
| Subsection (a) that is not disclosed as required by that | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the | ||
| ability of a landlord and tenant to enter into an agreement during a | ||
| lease term under which the landlord charges a recurring fee to the | ||
| tenant for goods or services. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 92.0115, Property Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a fee under a lease entered into or renewed on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
