- (a) A landlord shall offer the tenant a lease agreement with an initial lease term of at least six months. If the tenant requests a lease agreement with a different lease period, the landlord and the tenant may mutually agree to a shorter or longer lease period. The landlord and the tenant may mutually agree to subsequent lease periods of any length for each renewal of the lease agreement.
- (b) Regardless of the term of the lease, the landlord must provide notice to the tenant not later than the 60th day before the date of the expiration of the lease if the landlord does not renew the lease. During the 60-day period, the tenant must pay all rent and other amounts due under the lease agreement, including late charges, if any.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.