TITLE: Relating to requiring a dimensional drawing of leased premises in a residential lease.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring a dimensional drawing of leased premises in a residential lease.

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AN ACT relating to requiring a dimensional drawing of leased premises in a residential lease. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 92.025 to read as follows: Sec. 92.025. DIMENSIONAL DRAWING OF PREMISES REQUIRED IN LEASE. A landlord shall provide to a tenant as part of the lease a dimensional drawing that horizontally and vertically identifies or describes the dwelling in which the tenant may reside and other premises the tenant may use as part of the leased premises. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a lease executed or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A lease executed or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the lease was executed or renewed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.