Bill Text: TX HB3879 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to nonlawyer representation in an appeal of an eviction suit.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3879 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3879-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3879 | ||
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| relating to nonlawyer representation in an appeal of an eviction | ||
| suit. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 24.011, Property Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 24.011. NONLAWYER REPRESENTATION. (a) In eviction | ||
| suits in justice court for nonpayment of rent or holding over beyond | ||
| a rental term, the parties may represent themselves or be | ||
| represented by their authorized agents, who need not be attorneys. | ||
| In any eviction suit in justice court, an authorized agent | ||
| requesting or obtaining a default judgment need not be an attorney. | ||
| (b) In an appeal of an eviction suit for nonpayment of rent | ||
| in a county or district court, an owner of a multifamily residential | ||
| property may be represented by the owner's authorized agent, who | ||
| need not be an attorney, or, if the owner is a corporation or other | ||
| entity, by an employee, owner, officer, or partner of the entity, | ||
| who need not be an attorney. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an appeal taken on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3879 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
| H.B. No. 3879 on May 25, 2017, and requested the appointment of a | ||
| conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
| houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
| on H.B. No. 3879 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, 4 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3879 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
| committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
| that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
| 3879 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
