Bill Text: TX SB2413 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of certain laws to tiny homes and tiny home communities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-25 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB2413-Introduced.html
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| By: Hagenbuch | S.B. No. 2413 | |
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| relating to the applicability of certain laws to tiny homes and tiny | ||
| home communities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 94.002, Property Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) This chapter does not apply to a tiny home community or | ||
| tiny home. For purposes of this subsection: | ||
| (1) "Tiny home" means a moveable trailer: | ||
| (A) with a home affixed to a single chassis: | ||
| (i) which is a transportable unit that has a | ||
| body not wider than 14 feet and is designed to provide living | ||
| quarters for not more than one household when connected to | ||
| utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and | ||
| appliances; and | ||
| (ii) the total area of which in a setup | ||
| mode, when measured from the maximum dimensions of the exterior | ||
| surface of the exterior stud walls, not including any bay windows or | ||
| protrusions, does not exceed 500 square feet; | ||
| (B) that is not: | ||
| (i) a recreational vehicle as defined by | ||
| Section 522.004(b), Transportation Code; | ||
| (ii) a park model trailer that is designed | ||
| to be used for human habitation, with or without a permanent | ||
| foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and that: | ||
| (a) is less than eight feet six inches | ||
| in width and 45 feet in length in the traveling mode; | ||
| (b) includes the plumbing, heating, | ||
| air conditioning, and electrical systems; and | ||
| (c) is not required to be affixed with | ||
| a label or decal issued by the United States Department of Housing | ||
| and Urban Development and by the Texas Department of Housing and | ||
| Community Affairs; or | ||
| (iii) a manufactured home as defined by | ||
| Section 94.001, Property Code; and | ||
| (C) that may not be titled as a vehicle with the | ||
| Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. | ||
| (2) "Tiny home community" means real property that: | ||
| (A) is rented or held out for rent to others for | ||
| the placement of two or more tiny homes; | ||
| (B) is not: | ||
| (i) a recreational vehicle park as defined | ||
| by Section 13.087, Water Code, and not under ownership of a | ||
| recreational vehicle park; or | ||
| (ii) a manufactured home community as | ||
| defined by Section 94.001 and not under ownership of a manufactured | ||
| home community; | ||
| (C) is subject to property tax; and | ||
| (D) is metered by a utility company to the owners | ||
| of the tiny homes on the property. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 522.004(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) In this section, "recreational vehicle" means a motor | ||
| vehicle primarily designed as temporary living quarters for | ||
| recreational camping or travel use. The term includes a travel | ||
| trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, and motor home. The term | ||
| does not include a tiny home as defined by Section 94.002(c), | ||
| Property Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
