Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 53.001 · Chapter 53. STORE LEASES

STORE LEASE CONTRACT.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) A provision of a lease contract that requires a store to be open when another store located in the same shopping center is open does not apply on Sunday unless the provision specifically states that it applies on Sunday.

(b) This section applies to a contract executed before or after September 1, 1985.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.53.htm
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Composed by: compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character

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