Sec. 2167.001. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies to:

(1) office space;

(2) warehouse space;

(3) laboratory space;

(4) storage space exceeding 1,000 gross square feet;

(5) boat storage space;

(6) aircraft hangar space other than hangar space and adjacent space leased by the Texas Department of Transportation at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and operated for the purpose of providing air transportation services for the State of Texas;

(7) vehicle parking space; and

(8) a combination of those kinds of space.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) radio antenna space;

(2) residential space for a Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation program;

(3) residential space for a Texas Juvenile Justice Department program;

(4) space to be used for less than one month for meetings, conferences, conventions, seminars, displays, examinations, auctions, or similar purposes;

(5) district office space for members of the legislature;

(6) space used by the Texas Workforce Commission;

(7) residential property acquired by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation that is offered for sale or rental to individuals and families of low or very low income or families of moderate income;

(8) except as provided by Section 2167.007, space for a university system or institution of higher education;

(9) space leased by the Texas Veterans Commission to administer the veterans employment services program; or

(10) space for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1286, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 4.01, eff. June 18, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1385 (S.B. 1655), Sec. 9, eff. June 19, 2009.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 4.04, eff. June 17, 2011.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 115, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 215 (S.B. 1349), Sec. 3, eff. May 28, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 55, eff. September 1, 2017.