Bill Text: TX HB3782 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3782 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3782-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3782 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3782-Engrossed.html
By: Harless, Davis of Harris, Murphy, | H.B. No. 3782 | |
Thompson of Harris, Perez |
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relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned | ||
or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 360, Acts of the 45th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 1937, is amended by adding Section 2A to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2A. Right to Remove Property. (a) In this section, | ||
"district" means the Harris County Flood Control District. | ||
(b) In order to carry out district purposes, the district | ||
may remove real or personal property placed on land owned by the | ||
district or land subject to an easement held by the district, | ||
regardless of when the real or personal property was put in place | ||
and without the consent of the owner of the property. The district | ||
must send notice by certified mail to the owner of property on which | ||
the district intends to act under this section. Not earlier than | ||
the 14th day after the date the notice is sent, the district must | ||
send a second notice by certified mail. The district may use | ||
existing civil | ||
lawsuit processes against the owner of the property | ||
to recover the cost of removing the property not earlier than the | ||
seventh day after the date the second notice was received. | ||
(c) In a suit brought by a property owner regarding the | ||
removal of property under this section, a court may deny a request | ||
for temporary injunctive relief against the district and may issue | ||
injunctive relief allowing the district to remove the property if | ||
the district shows a substantial likelihood of success on the | ||
merits. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |