Bill Text: TX HB3560 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the interruption of utility service by a residential landlord.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-06 - Left pending in committee [HB3560 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3560-Introduced.html
| 87R9495 DRS-F | ||
| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 3560 | |
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| relating to the interruption of utility service by a residential | ||
| landlord. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 92.008, Property Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (f) If a landlord or a landlord's agent violates this | ||
| section, the tenant may: | ||
| (1) either recover possession of the premises or | ||
| terminate the lease; and | ||
| (2) in addition to other remedies available under law, | ||
| recover from the landlord an amount equal to the sum of the tenant's | ||
| actual damages, the tenant's security deposit, one month's rent | ||
| plus $1,000, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs[ |
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| (f-1) A landlord who violates this section may not collect | ||
| delinquent rent from a tenant. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to violation that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| A violation that occurs before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the violation occurred, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
