By: Miles	S.B. No. 1737
	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
	Relations; May 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;
	May 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1737	By:  Garcia

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the enforcement of conciliation agreements entered into
	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 conciliation 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.
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