Bill Text: TX HB1998 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to county authority to enforce minimum infrastructure standards for manufactured home rental communities; providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB1998 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1998-Introduced.html

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82R8214 TJB-F
By: Shelton H.B. No. 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county authority to enforce minimum infrastructure
standards for manufactured home rental communities; providing
penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 232.005(a) and (b), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) At the request of the commissioners court, the county
attorney or other prosecuting attorney for the county may file an
action in a court of competent jurisdiction to:
(1) enjoin the violation or threatened violation of a
requirement established by, or adopted by the commissioners court
under a preceding section of this chapter or Section 232.007; or
(2) recover damages in an amount adequate for the
county to undertake any construction or other activity necessary to
bring about compliance with a requirement established by, or
adopted by the commissioners court under a preceding section of
this chapter or Section 232.007.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or
intentionally violates a requirement established by, or adopted by
the commissioners court under a preceding section of this chapter
or Section 232.007. An offense under this subsection is a Class B
misdemeanor. This subsection does not apply to a violation for
which a criminal penalty is prescribed by Section 232.0048.
SECTION 2. Section 232.007(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A manufactured home rental community is not a
subdivision, and Sections 232.001-232.0048 and 232.006
[232.001-232.006] do not apply to the community.
SECTION 3. Section 232.005(b), Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or
after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section,
an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
element of the offense occurs before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.