TITLE: Relating to certain municipal fees imposed on a landlord of a multiunit complex.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain municipal fees imposed on a landlord of a multiunit complex.

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AN ACT 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.