H.B. No. 3782

	AN ACT
	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 30th 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
	30th day after the date the second notice was received.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3782 was passed by the House on May 7,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 11, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3782 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 24,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3782 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor