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      87(R) HB 900 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            H.B.  No.  900
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the liability of a landlord for damages resulting from 
         
            the execution of a writ of possession in an eviction suit.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 24.0061, Property Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
         
                          (i)    A landlord is not liable for damages to the tenant 
         
            resulting from the execution of a writ of possession by an officer 
         
            under this section.
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 24.0061(i), Property Code, as added by 
         
            this Act, applies only to the execution of a writ of possession 
         
            issued in an eviction suit filed on or after the effective date of 
         
            this Act. Execution of a writ of possession issued in an eviction 
         
            suit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 
         
            law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and 
         
            that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
                  President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the House on April 
         
            16, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not 
         
            voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to 
         
            H.B. No. 900 on May 27, 2021, and requested the appointment of a 
         
            conference committee to consider the differences between the two 
         
            houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report 
         
            on H.B. No. 900 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 134, 
         
            Nays 7, 2 present, not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House      
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the Senate, with 
         
            amendments, on May 22, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 28, Nays 
         
            2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference 
         
            committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and 
         
            that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 
         
            900 on May 29, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 30, Nays 1.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate      
         
            APPROVED: __________________
         
                                            Date              
         
                             __________________
         
                                        Governor              
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 24.0061 Property Code
House Committee Report: 24.0061 Property Code
Engrossed: 24.0061 Property Code
Senate Committee Report: 24.0061 Property Code
Conference Committee Report*: 24.0061 Property Code
Enrolled: 24.0061 Property Code




	AN ACT
	relating to the liability of a landlord for damages resulting from
	the execution of a writ of possession in an eviction suit.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 24.0061, Property Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
	(i) A landlord is not liable for damages to the tenant
	resulting from the execution of a writ of possession by an officer
	under this section.
	SECTION 2. Section 24.0061(i), Property Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to the execution of a writ of possession
	issued in an eviction suit filed on or after the effective date of
	this Act. Execution of a writ of possession issued in an eviction
	suit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
	that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the House on April
	16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 900 on May 27, 2021, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 900 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134,
	Nays 7, 2 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
	2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
	900 on May 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor