Bill Text: TX SB103 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by and contracts or other agreements with certain aliens or foreign entities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB103-Introduced.html
| 89R2478 DRS-D | ||
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 103 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the purchase of or acquisition of title to | ||
| real property by and contracts or other agreements with certain | ||
| aliens or foreign entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 5.005, Property Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 5.005. ALIENS. Except as provided by Subchapter H, an | ||
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| United States citizen. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 5, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter H to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER H. PURCHASE OF OR ACQUISITION OF TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY | ||
| BY CERTAIN FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES | ||
| Sec. 5.251. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "control" | ||
| means ownership of, or the power to directly or indirectly vote, 50 | ||
| percent or more of the outstanding voting interests of a company or | ||
| other entity, and includes ownership by an individual through one | ||
| or more legal entities. | ||
| Sec. 5.252. EXCEPTION: UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL | ||
| PERMANENT RESIDENTS. This subchapter does not apply to an | ||
| individual who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the | ||
| United States, including an individual who is a citizen of a foreign | ||
| country. | ||
| Sec. 5.253. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF OR ACQUISITION OF | ||
| TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY. Except as provided by Section 5.252 and | ||
| notwithstanding any other law, the following may not purchase or | ||
| otherwise acquire title to real property in this state: | ||
| (1) a governmental entity of China, Iran, North Korea, | ||
| or Russia; | ||
| (2) a company or other entity that is: | ||
| (A) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, or | ||
| Russia; | ||
| (B) directly or indirectly under the control of | ||
| the government of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia; or | ||
| (C) owned by or under the control of one or more | ||
| individuals who are citizens of China, Iran, North Korea, or | ||
| Russia; | ||
| (3) a company or other entity that is owned by or under | ||
| the control of a company or entity described by Subdivision (2); or | ||
| (4) an individual who is a citizen of China, Iran, | ||
| North Korea, or Russia. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 2278 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 2278. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN | ||
| INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES | ||
| Sec. 2278.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Adverse foreign entity" means a governmental | ||
| entity or a company or other entity described by Section 5.253, | ||
| Property Code. | ||
| (2) "Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 2251.001. | ||
| Sec. 2278.002. PROHIBITED CONTRACTS. (a) This section | ||
| does not apply to an individual who is a citizen or lawful permanent | ||
| resident of the United States, including an individual who is a | ||
| citizen of a foreign country. | ||
| (b) In this section, "public money" means money of this | ||
| state, a state agency, or a political subdivision of this state or | ||
| money the state, state agency, or political subdivision controls or | ||
| directs. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (a), a governmental | ||
| entity may not enter into a contract or other agreement payable with | ||
| public money with: | ||
| (1) an adverse foreign entity; or | ||
| (2) an individual who is a citizen of China, Iran, | ||
| North Korea, or Russia. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) Subchapter H, Chapter 5, Property Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to the purchase of or other | ||
| acquisition of title to real property on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. The purchase of or other acquisition of title to real | ||
| property before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
| that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) Chapter 2278, Government Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a contract or other agreement entered into on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
