82R5814 NC-D
By: West S.B. No. 1367
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the publication of a list of certain residential
property claimed without record title.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 2, Property Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 6 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 6. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CLAIMED WITHOUT RECORD TITLE
Sec. 6.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
residential property if:
(1) a person who may be entitled to claim an ownership
interest in the property cannot be located after a reasonable
effort; and
(2) ownership of the property is established under
Section 2306.188, Government Code.
Sec. 6.002. PROPERTY REPORT. (a) For residential property
for which ownership is established during the one-year period
preceding June 30 of each year, the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs shall file a report with the comptroller on or
before the following November 1.
(b) The property report must include:
(1) the address of the residential property;
(2) the name of each person establishing ownership
under Section 2306.188, Government Code; and
(3) the name of each person who may be entitled to
claim an ownership interest in the property.
Sec. 6.003. LIST OF OWNERS. (a) Each year, the comptroller
shall compile and revise an alphabetical list of the names and
addresses reported to the comptroller under Section 6.002.
(b) The comptroller shall make the list available on the
Internet.
(c) The comptroller shall remove a name or address
associated with a property from the list on request of a person who
establishes record title to the property.
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, 2011.