Bill Text: TX SB1259 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Bill 1259

Bill Title: Relating to the maximum judgment amount awarded by a justice court in certain civil cases regarding the repair of residential rental property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1259 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1259-Enrolled.html



	S.B. No. 1259




	AN ACT
	relating to the maximum judgment amount awarded by a justice court
	in certain civil cases regarding the repair of residential rental
	property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 92.0563(e), Property Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e) A justice court may not award a judgment under this
	section, including an order of repair, that exceeds $20,000
	[~~$10,000~~], excluding interest and costs of court.
	SECTION 2. Section 92.0563(e), Property Code, as amended by
	this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after
	the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues
	before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before
	that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1259 passed the Senate on
	April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1259 passed the House on
	May 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 6, two present
	not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor