Bill Text: TX HB540 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of residential tenancies by local governments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB540 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB540-Introduced.html
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| By: Alonzo | H.B. No. 540 | |
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| relating to regulation of residential tenancies by local | ||
| governments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 247 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 247. CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF | ||
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT | ||
| Sec. 247.001. PROHIBITION AGAINST REGULATING RESIDENTIAL | ||
| TENANCIES BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. (a) A political | ||
| subdivision may not require a landlord to: | ||
| (1) refuse to lease to a prospective tenant or renew | ||
| the lease of a tenant solely on the basis of the immigration status | ||
| of the tenant or a member of the tenant's family; or | ||
| (2) inquire as to the immigration status of a tenant or | ||
| prospective tenant or a member of the tenant's family. | ||
| (b) To the extent the prohibition imposed by Subsection (a) | ||
| conflicts with common law, another state statute, or a local | ||
| ordinance or other regulation, the prohibition in Subsection (a) | ||
| prevails. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
