Bill Text: TX SB1572 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-23 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB1572 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1572-Comm_Sub.html
86R33861 MP-D | ||
By: Alvarado, et al. | S.B. No. 1572 | |
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Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1572: No. |
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relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain | ||
municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 214.233, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A municipality located in a county that has a | ||
population of more than 285,000 and less than 300,000 and borders | ||
the Gulf of Mexico may adopt an ordinance that allows but does not | ||
require owners of vacant buildings to register their buildings by | ||
filing a registration form with a designated municipal official. A | ||
municipality that adopts an ordinance under this subsection may not | ||
place a lien on a property solely because the property is registered | ||
under this subsection. | ||
(a-2) Subsection (a) may not be construed to grant a | ||
municipality authority other than the authority to adopt an | ||
ordinance described by that subsection. | ||
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, 2019. |