(a) The owner of a multitenant property shall require that every lease or rental agreement, or renewal of a lease or rental agreement, executed after September 1, 2004 include a crime prevention addendum complying with this section.
(b) The owner of a single dwelling unit rental property shall require that every lease or rental agreement, or renewal of a lease or rental agreement, executed after January 1, 2017, include a crime prevention addendum complying with this section.
(c) The crime prevention addendum must include the following information:
(1) The name, date of birth, driver's license number (or, if the person does not have a driver's license, the number on any other government-issued personal identification card containing a photograph of the person), and signature of the tenant named in the lease or rental agreement and, if the tenant will not be occupying the rental property, the name, date of birth, driver's license number (or, if the person does not have a driver's license, the number on any other government-issued personal identification card containing a photograph of the person), and signature of the tenant or tenants who will be occupying the property. The signatures required on the crime prevention addendum must be separate and apart from the signatures used to execute other provisions of the lease or rental agreement.
(2) A statement advising the tenant or tenants that the owner of the rental property will initiate eviction proceedings if the tenant, or any guest or co-occupant of the tenant, engages in any abatable criminal activity on the premises of the rental property, as described in Subsection (d) of this section.
(d) For purposes of this section, an abatable criminal activity includes robbery or aggravated robbery; aggravated assault; murder; prostitution; criminal gang activity; discharge of firearms; gambling; illegal manufacture, sale, or use of drugs; illegal manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages; and other crimes listed in Chapter 125 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as amended.
(e) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) of this section that the owner of the multitenant property used a Texas Apartment Association lease contract for the lease or lease renewal. (Ord. Nos. 25522; 25774; 30236)