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  89R3197 DRS-D     By: Cole H.B. No. 1860       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to disclosure by the landlord of a residential multiunit   complex to a tenant of the percentage of the tenant's monthly rent   payment attributable to the property taxes due for the complex.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is   amended by adding Section 92.027 to read as follows:           Sec.   92.027.     DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY TAX AS PERCENTAGE OF   RENT. (a) In this section, "landlord" and "multiunit complex" have   the meanings assigned to those terms by Section 92.151.             (b)     This section applies only to a multiunit complex for   which an online apartment portal is maintained for payment of rent.           (c)     As soon as practicable after receiving the bill for   property taxes due on a multiunit complex described by Subsection   (b), the landlord shall:                 (1)     notify each tenant that the information described   by this subsection is available on the online apartment portal; and                 (2)  publish on the online apartment portal:                       (A)     the total amount of property taxes due for   the multiunit complex for that tax year; and                       (B)     for each tenant, in a section of the portal   accessible only to the tenant, the percentage of the tenant's   monthly rent payment attributable to the property taxes due for the   multiunit complex.          SECTION 2.  Section 92.027, Property Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to information for a tax year that begins on or   after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.