Bill Text: TX SB254 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 254 (Prior Session Legislation)

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

Bill Title: Relating to court appointment of a receiver for a property that is in violation of certain ordinances in certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-20 - Effective immediately [SB254 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB254-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Rodríguez	S.B. No. 254

	(Ortega)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to court appointment of a receiver for a property that is
	in violation of certain ordinances in certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 214.003, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
	read as follows:
	(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and
	[~~Subsection~~] (c), the court may appoint as a receiver for the
	property a nonprofit organization or an individual with a
	demonstrated record of rehabilitating properties if the court finds
	that:
	(1) the structures on the property are in violation of
	the standards set forth in Section 214.001(b) and an ordinance
	described by Subsection (a);
	(2) notice of violation was given to the record owner
	of the property; and
	(3) a public hearing as required by Section 214.001(b)
	has been conducted.
	(b-1) This subsection applies only to a municipality wholly
	or partly located in a county that is located along the
	international border and has a population of 800,000 or more. The
	court may appoint as a receiver under Subsection (b) an individual
	without a demonstrated record of rehabilitating properties if the
	municipality demonstrates that:
	(1) no individual with a demonstrated record of
	rehabilitating properties is available; and
	(2) the individual being appointed is competent and
	able to fulfill the duties of a receiver.
	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.