Bill Text: TX HB3196 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to conciliation agreements under the Texas Fair Housing Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Calendars Committee [HB3196 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3196-Introduced.html

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By: Cortez H.B. No. 3196

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to conciliation agreements under the Texas Fair Housing
Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.134 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.134. CONCILIATION AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT. The
commission may monitor a respondent's compliance with a
conciliation agreement entered into under this chapter. If the
commission has reasonable cause to believe that a respondent has
breached a conciliati
on agreement, the commission shall refer the
matter to the attorney general with a recommendation for the
attorney general to file in accordance with this subchapter a civil
action to enforce the agreement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.