Bill Text: TX HB1425 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to require the removal of graffiti by a property owner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB1425 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1425-Introduced.html

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82R2730 NC-D
By: Garza H.B. No. 1425

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county or municipality to require the
removal of graffiti by a property owner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 250.006(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The order or ordinance may [must] provide that a county
or municipality may not give notice to a property owner under
Subsection (a) unless:
(1) the county or municipality has offered to remove
the graffiti from the owner's property free of charge; and
(2) the property owner has refused the offer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.