HB4470 - Relating to the termination of a lease agreement of a servicemember's dependent.

  89R15678 JBD-F     By: Hayes H.B. No. 4470       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.