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Chapter 512
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1 AN ACT 2 relating to a tenant's remedies regarding a local government's 3 revocation of a certificate of occupancy due to a landlord's 4 failure to maintain the premises. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is 7 amended by adding Section 92.023 to read as follows: 8 Sec. 92.023. TENANT'S REMEDIES REGARDING REVOCATION OF 9 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. If a municipality or a county revokes a 10 certificate of occupancy for a leased premises because of the 11 landlord's failure to maintain the premises, the landlord is liable 12 to a tenant who is not in default under the lease for: 13 (1) the full amount of the tenant's security deposit; 14 (2) the pro rata portion of any rental payment the 15 tenant has paid in advance; 16 (3) the tenant's actual damages, including any moving 17 costs, utility connection fees, storage fees, and lost wages; and 18 (4) court costs and attorney's fees arising from any 19 related cause of action by the tenant against the landlord. 20 SECTION 2. The changes in the law made by this Act apply 21 only to a lease entered into on or after September 1, 2011. A lease 22 entered into before September i, 2011, is governed by the law as it 23 existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that 24 law is continued in effect for that purpose.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1862, Chapter 512,
legislative document,
June 17, 2011;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311129/m1/1/?rotate=90:
accessed April 25, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.