TITLE: Relating to tenant liability insurance.

SUMMARY: Relating to tenant liability insurance.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to tenant liability insurance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 92, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 92.3516 to read as follows: Sec. 92.3516. REQUIREMENT OF TENANT LIABILITY INSURANCE. A landlord shall require a tenant to obtain or maintain during the lease term liability insurance in an amount not less than $100,000 for each occurrence of damage to the landlord's property caused by the tenant as a condition of the tenant's lease with the landlord. SECTION 2. Section 92.3516, Property Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.