Bill Text: TX HB1892 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to expedited proceedings in cases involving substandard buildings or improvements.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1892 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1892-Comm_Sub.html
| 85R22744 SCL-D | |||
| By: Ortega, Hernandez, Farrar | H.B. No. 1892 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1892: | |||
| By: Farrar | C.S.H.B. No. 1892 | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to expedited proceedings in cases involving substandard | ||
| buildings or improvements. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 54.0155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.0155. EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS FOR CERTAIN CIVIL | ||
| ACTIONS. (a) A court shall expedite any proceeding, including an | ||
| appeal in accordance with Subsection (b), related to a suit brought | ||
| under this subchapter for the enforcement of an ordinance relating | ||
| to dangerously damaged or deteriorated structures or improvements | ||
| as described by Section 54.012(6). | ||
| (b) An appeal of a suit described by Subsection (a) is | ||
| governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases | ||
| under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appellate court | ||
| shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible | ||
| delay. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 214.001, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows: | ||
| (s) A court shall expedite any proceeding, including an | ||
| appeal in accordance with Section 214.0012, related to a | ||
| substandard building determination under this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 214.0012, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
| (i) An appeal of a suit brought under Section 214.001 is | ||
| governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases | ||
| under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appellate court | ||
| shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible | ||
| delay. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2017. | ||
