Bill Text: TX HB3352 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to civil penalties against subdividers of land.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3352 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3352-Introduced.html
| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 3352 | |
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| relating to civil penalties against subdividers of land. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 232.012 to read as follows: | ||
| CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) A subdivider or an agent of a | ||
| subdivider may not cause, suffer, allow, or permit a lot to be sold | ||
| in a subdivision if the subdivision has not been platted as required | ||
| by this chapter. | ||
| (b) A person, including a subdivider, who is alleged to have | ||
| violated a provision under this chapter is not subject to a penalty | ||
| under this chapter if the person proves the violation or nuisance | ||
| was corrected not later than the 30th day after the date the person | ||
| receives notice from the attorney general, district attorney, | ||
| county attorney, or a | ||
| local health authority of the violation. | ||
| (c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a parcel of land that | ||
| has not yet been platted. | ||
| (d) Venue for an action under this section is in a district | ||
| court of Travis County, a district court in the county in which the | ||
| defendant resides, or a district court in the county in which the | ||
| violation or threat of violation occurs. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
