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Tex. Prop. Code § 92.008

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Tex. Prop. Code § 92.008
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Texas (state)
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written notice that:
(A) prominently displays the words "electricity termination notice" or similar language underlined or in bold; and
(B) includes:
(i) the date the electric service has been interrupted;
(ii) a location where the tenant may go during the landlord's normal business hours to make arrangements to pay the bill to reestablish interrupted electric service;
(iii) the amount that must be paid to reestablish electric service;
(iv) a statement providing that when the tenant makes a payment to reestablish electric service, a landlord may not apply that payment to rent or other amounts owed under the lease;
(v) a statement providing that the landlord may not evict a tenant for failure to pay an electric bill when the landlord has interrupted the tenant's electric service unless the tenant fails to pay for the electric service after the electric service has been interrupted for at least two days, not including weekends or state or federal holidays; and
(vi) a description of the tenant's rights under Subsection (j) to avoid interruption of electric service if the interruption will cause a person residing in the tenant's dwelling to become seriously ill or more seriously ill.
(i) Unless a dangerous condition exists or the tenant requests disconnection, a landlord may not interrupt or cause the interruption of electric service under Subsection (h) on a day:
(1) on which the landlord or a representative of the landlord is not available to collect electric bill payments and reestablish electric service;
(2) that immediately precedes a day described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) on which:
(A) the previous day's highest temperature did not exceed 32 degrees Fahrenheit and the temperature is predicted to remain at or below that level for the next 24 hours according to the