Bill Text: TX HB3276 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB3276 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3276-Introduced.html

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88R13348 KBB-D
By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 3276

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 92.0115 to read as follows:
Sec. 92.0115. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN FEES. (a) A fixed,
recurring fee other than rent for a dwelling that a landlord intends
to charge a tenant under a written lease must be disclosed by the
landlord to the tenant before a lease for the dwelling is signed by
the tenant.
(b) A tenant is not obligated to pay a fee described by
Subsection (a) that is not disclosed as required by that
subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 92.0115, Property Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a fee under a lease entered into or renewed on
or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.