Bill Text: TX HB3879 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to nonlawyer representation in an appeal of an eviction suit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
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. | ||
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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. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |