Sec. 94.104.  CONDITIONS FOR RETENTION OF SECURITY DEPOSIT OR RENT PREPAYMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a landlord who receives a security deposit or rent prepayment for a manufactured home lot from a tenant who fails to occupy the lot according to a lease agreement 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 lot on or before the commencement date of the lease;  or
(2)  the landlord secures a replacement tenant satisfactory to the landlord and the replacement tenant occupies the lot on or before the commencement date of the lease.
(b)  If the landlord secures the replacement tenant, the landlord may retain and deduct from the security deposit or rent prepayment either:
(1)  an amount agreed to in the lease agreement as a lease cancellation fee;  or
(2)  actual expenses incurred by the landlord in securing the replacement tenant, including a reasonable amount for the time spent by the landlord in securing the replacement tenant.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.