HB4170 - Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.

      H.B. No. 4170         AN ACT   relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer   fees for real property.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 5, Property Code, is   amended by adding Section 5.208 to read as follows:           Sec.   5.208.     VENUE. Notwithstanding any other law, an   action brought under this subchapter, other than an action brought   by the attorney general, must be brought in the county in which the   real property is located.          SECTION 2.  Section 5.208, Property Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to an action filed on or after the effective date   of this Act. An action filed 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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4170 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4170 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor