PDF Tenants' Rights Handbook - Texas Tech University If the person disobeyed the writ before receiving the show cause order but has complied with the writ after receiving the order, the justice may find the person in contempt and assess punishment under Section 21.002(c), Government Code. (3) "Smoke alarm" means a device designed to detect and to alert occupants of a dwelling unit to the visible and invisible products of combustion by means of an audible alarm. 1072 (H.B. AGENTS FOR DELIVERY OF NOTICE. Section 4001 et seq.). Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. (4) the fee, unless otherwise specified, is not paying for insurance that covers the tenant or otherwise changes the tenant's obligation to pay rent and damages beyond normal wear and tear. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3650, ch. 576, Sec. However, if the tenant's rent is subsidized in whole or in part by a governmental agency, the deduction limitation of one month's rent shall mean the fair market rent for the dwelling and not the rent that the tenant pays. (c) This section does not create a cause of action or expand an existing cause of action. Sec. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a landlord who receives a security deposit or rent prepayment for a dwelling from a tenant who fails to occupy the dwelling according to a lease between the landlord and the tenant may not retain the security deposit or rent prepayment if: (1) the tenant secures a replacement tenant satisfactory to the landlord and the replacement tenant occupies the dwelling on or before the commencement date of the lease; or. (e) Except as provided by Subsection (g), this section does not affect a tenant's liability for delinquent, unpaid rent or other sums owed to the landlord before the lease was terminated by the tenant under this section. Check your specific lease agreement or renewal for your amount. Sec. The landlord's duty of inspection and repair of smoke alarms under Subchapter F may be waived only by written agreement. 576, Sec. (d) Repairs under this section may be made only if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The landlord has a duty to repair or remedy the condition under Section 92.052, and the duty has not been waived in a written lease by the tenant under Subsection (e) or (f) of Section 92.006.
