Texas Property Code - Section 92.331. Retaliation By Landlord
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§ 92.331. RETALIATION BY LANDLORD. (a) A landlord may
not retaliate against a tenant by taking an action described by
Subsection (b) because the tenant:
(1) in good faith exercises or attempts to exercise
against a landlord a right or remedy granted to the tenant by lease,
municipal ordinance, or federal or state statute;
(2) gives a landlord a notice to repair or exercise a
remedy under this chapter; or
(3) complains to a governmental entity responsible for
enforcing building or housing codes, a public utility, or a civic or
nonprofit agency, and the tenant:
(A) claims a building or housing code violation
or utility problem; and
(B) believes in good faith that the complaint is
valid and that the violation or problem occurred.
(b) A landlord may not, within six months after the date of
the tenant's action under Subsection (a), retaliate against the
tenant by:
(1) filing an eviction proceeding, except for the
grounds stated by Section 92.332;
(2) depriving the tenant of the use of the premises,
except for reasons authorized by law;
(3) decreasing services to the tenant;
(4) increasing the tenant's rent or terminating the
tenant's lease; or
(5) engaging, in bad faith, in a course of conduct that
materially interferes with the tenant's rights under the tenant's
lease.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3637, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 650, § 9, eff. Aug. 28,
1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, § 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Property Code § 92.057(a) and
amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Section: 92.258 92.259 92.260 92.261 92.2611 92.262 92.301 92.331 92.332 92.333 92.334 92.335 92.351 92.352 92.353
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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