Bill Text: TX SB1367 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the publication of a list of certain residential property claimed without record title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1367 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1367-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1367 | |
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| relating to the publication of a list of certain residential | ||
| property claimed without record title. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 2, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Chapter 6 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 6. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CLAIMED WITHOUT RECORD TITLE | ||
| Sec. 6.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to | ||
| residential property if: | ||
| (1) a person who may be entitled to claim an ownership | ||
| interest in the property cannot be located after a reasonable | ||
| effort; and | ||
| (2) ownership of the property is established under | ||
| Section 2306.188, Government Code. | ||
| Sec. 6.002. PROPERTY REPORT. (a) For residential property | ||
| for which ownership is established during the one-year period | ||
| preceding June 30 of each year, the Texas Department of Housing and | ||
| Community Affairs shall file a report with the comptroller on or | ||
| before the following November 1. | ||
| (b) The property report must include: | ||
| (1) the address of the residential property; | ||
| (2) the name of each person establishing ownership | ||
| under Section 2306.188, Government Code; and | ||
| (3) the name of each person who may be entitled to | ||
| claim an ownership interest in the property. | ||
| Sec. 6.003. LIST OF OWNERS. (a) Each year, the comptroller | ||
| shall compile and revise an alphabetical list of the names and | ||
| addresses reported to the comptroller under Section 6.002. | ||
| (b) The comptroller shall make the list available on the | ||
| Internet. | ||
| (c) The comptroller shall remove a name or address | ||
| associated with a property from the list on request of a person who | ||
| establishes record title to the property. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
