89S20092 PRL-D     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 26       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain contracts for the purchase of residential real   property located in a colonia.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Property Code, is   amended by adding Section 5.088 to read as follows:          Sec. 5.088.  SPANISH TRANSLATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN   RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. (a)  In this section,   "colonia" means a geographic area that:                (1)  is an economically distressed area as defined by   Section 17.921, Water Code;                 (2)  is located in a county any part of which is within   62 miles of an international border; and                (3)  consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located   in close proximity to each other in an area that may be described as   a community or neighborhood.          (b)  A copy of an executory contract for conveyance of   residential real property located in a colonia written in Spanish   must be provided if the purchaser or potential purchaser requests   that the contract be provided in Spanish.          (c)  The copy of the executory contract described by   Subsection (b) must be written by a translator certified in   Spanish.          (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the executed contract   and any other binding and controlling document between the seller   and purchaser must be written in English.          (e)  Nothing in this section may be construed to affect an   executory contract for the conveyance of residential real property   not located in a colonia.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.     A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date   of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.