81R9183 CAE-F
By: Alvarado, Madden, Martinez, Bohac, H.B. No. 2683
Woolley
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an activity that constitutes maintaining a common
nuisance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 125.0015, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A person who maintains a business described by Section
243.002, Local Government Code, without obtaining a license or
permit required by a municipality or county in which the business is
located maintains a common nuisance.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.