Bill Text: TX HB4065 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to tenant liability insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB4065 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4065-Introduced.html
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 4065 |
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relating to tenant liability insurance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 92, Property Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 92.3516 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 92.3516. REQUIREMENT OF TENANT LIABILITY INSURANCE. A | ||
landlord shall require a tenant to obtain or maintain during the | ||
lease term liability insurance in an amount not less than $100,000 | ||
for each occurrence of damage to the landlord's property caused by | ||
the tenant as a condition of the tenant's lease with the landlord. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 92.3516, Property Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |