Bill Text: TX HB1439 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to require removal of graffiti from private property.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Left pending in committee [HB1439 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1439-Introduced.html

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88R4148 AMF-F
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1439

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county or municipality to require
removal of graffiti from private property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 250.006(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The order or ordinance must require a property owner to
remove the graffiti on or before the 10th [15th] day after the date
the property owner receives notice under Subsection (a). If the
property owner fails to remove the graffiti on or before the 10th
[15th] day after the date of receipt of the notice, the county or
municipality may remove the graffiti and charge the expenses of
removal to the property owner in accordance with a fee schedule
adopted by the county or municipality.
SECTION 2. Section 250.006(b), Local Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an order or ordinance adopted on or after the effective date of
this Act. An order or ordinance adopted before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order or
ordinance was adopted, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.