Thankfully, I didn't get the ban hammer from Da' Man

@Chris Schuler I live in EP, I can tell you anything south of Cleveland ave. in EP I do not care for.

(d) A landlord and a tenant may agree for the tenant to repair or remedy, at the landlord's expense, any condition covered by Subchapter B. 

On the criminal charges- As a debtor's attorney, I would happily file a contempt of court citation if someone submitted a bounced check to the DA's office after a bankruptcy case was filed.

This happened in Baytown, just outside of Houston, and It was the Harris County DA I spoke with.Not giving legal advice, but hoping my past experience helps.

My past experience is fuel to be a lot like the DA: guilt is what you can prove.  

A utility or service charge to be assessed to a tenant under this section may consist of (a) The cost of the utility or service provided to the tenant's space and under the tenant's control, as measured by the submeter, at a rate no greater than the average rate billed to the landlord by the utility or service provider, not including any base or service charge; (b) The cost of any sewer service for wastewater as a percentage of the tenant's water charge as measured by a submeter, if the utility or service provider charges the landlord for sewer service as a percentage of water provided; (c) A pro rata portion of the cost of sewer service for storm water and wastewater if the utility or service provider does not charge the landlord for sewer service as a percentage of water provided; (d) A pro rata portion of costs to provide a utility or service to a common area; (e) A pro rata portion of any base or service charge billed to the landlord by the utility or service provider, including but not limited to any tax passed through by the provider; and (f) A pro rata portion of the cost to read water meters and to bill tenants for water if third party service reads the meters and bills tenants for the landlord; and the landlord allows the tenants to inspect the third party's billing records.

Your DA will check the loan and your comps and make sure you aren't getting in trouble with value if you don't have much experience with comps.  

You da man Craig!

@Andy D., a "service animal" is highly trained and probably a very low risk of injury to property or others.