Sec. 92.062. LEASE TERM AFTER NATURAL DISASTER. If a rental premises is, as a practical matter, totally unusable for residential purposes as a result of a natural disaster such as a hurricane, tornado, flood, extended freeze, or widespread windstorm, a landlord that allows a tenant to move to another rental unit owned by the landlord may not require the tenant to execute a lease for a term longer than the term remaining on the tenant's lease on the date the premises was rendered unusable as a result of the natural disaster.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 475 (S.B. 1120), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies
Subchapter B. Repair or Closing of Leasehold
Section 92.052. Landlord's Duty to Repair or Remedy
Section 92.053. Burden of Proof
Section 92.055. Closing the Rental Premises
Section 92.056. Landlord Liability and Tenant Remedies; Notice and Time for Repair
Section 92.0561. Tenant's Repair and Deduct Remedies
Section 92.0562. Landlord Affidavit for Delay
Section 92.0563. Tenant's Judicial Remedies
Section 92.058. Landlord Remedy for Tenant Violation
Section 92.060. Agents for Delivery of Notice