TITLE: Relating to the termination of a lease agreement of a servicemember's dependent.

SUMMARY: Relating to the termination of a lease agreement of a servicemember's dependent.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the termination of a lease agreement of a servicemember's dependent. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 92.017(b), Property Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A tenant who is a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember may vacate the dwelling leased by the tenant and avoid liability for future rent and all other sums due under the lease for terminating the lease and vacating the dwelling before the end of the lease term if: (1) the lease was executed by or on behalf of a person who, after executing the lease or during the term of the lease, enters military service; [or] (2) a servicemember, while in military service, executes the lease and after executing the lease receives military orders: (A) for a permanent change of station; or (B) to deploy with a military unit for a period of 90 days or more;or (3) a servicemember or a spouse of the servicemember, while the servicemember is in military service, guarantees the lease on behalf of a dependent, and, after guaranteeing the lease, the servicemember receives military orders: (A) for a permanent change of station; or (B) to deploy with a military unit for a period of 90 days or more.SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A lease entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed 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, 2025.