HBA-CCH H.B. 1760 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1760
By: Turner, Sylvester
Business & Industry
3/15/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Tenants and government officials may need the business phone number of the
landlord or manager of a residential housing complex.  Currently, landlords
and managers are only required to disclose their name and address.  House
Bill 1760 requires the disclosure of a landlord's and management company's
phone number to a tenant or government official.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1760 amends the Property Code to require a landlord of a
residential rental property to disclose to a tenant, or to any government
official or employee acting in an official capacity, the phone number of
the holder of the record title of a tenant's residence and of the
management company.  The bill provides that a landlord is responsible for
correcting the change of a phone number, and that the landlord acts in bad
faith and is liable for providing an incorrect phone number. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.