Bill Text: TX HB2502 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2502 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to require owners of real property to keep the property free of certain conditions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2502 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2502-Introduced.html

	83R3268 EAH-F

	By: Bohac	H.B. No. 2502



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a municipality to require owners of
	real property to keep the property free of certain conditions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 342.004, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 342.004. MUNICIPAL POWER CONCERNING WEEDS OR CERTAIN
	PUBLIC NUISANCES [~~OTHER UNSANITARY MATTER~~]. The governing body of
	a municipality may require the owner of real property [~~a lot~~] in the
	municipality to keep the property [~~lot~~] free from weeds, [~~rubbish,~~]
	brush, and a condition constituting a public nuisance as defined by
	Section 343.011(c)(1), (2), or (3) [~~other objectionable,~~
	~~unsightly, or unsanitary matter~~].
	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, 2013.