Bill Text: TX HB4238 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain municipal fees imposed on a landlord of a multiunit complex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB4238 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4238-Introduced.html
| 86R11160 NC-D | ||
| By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 4238 | |
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| relating to certain municipal fees imposed on a landlord of a | ||
| multiunit complex. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 214.907. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN MUNICIPAL LANDLORD | ||
| FEES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Landlord" and "multiunit complex" have the | ||
| meanings assigned by Section 92.151, Property Code. | ||
| (2) "Rental license" means a license required by a | ||
| municipality that authorizes a landlord to rent a dwelling. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not | ||
| adopt or enforce an ordinance that imposes on a landlord of a | ||
| multiunit complex: | ||
| (1) an annual rental license fee for the complex of | ||
| more than the lesser of: | ||
| (A) $10 per dwelling unit; or | ||
| (B) $1,500; or | ||
| (2) a change of address fee of more than $150 for the | ||
| change of the landlord's address. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
