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| 1 | 1 | By: Ellis, et al. S.B. No. 837 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Bohac) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a municipality to require owners of | |
| 8 | 8 | real property to keep the property free of certain conditions. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 342.004, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 342.004. MUNICIPAL POWER CONCERNING WEEDS OR CERTAIN | |
| 13 | 13 | PUBLIC NUISANCES [OTHER UNSANITARY MATTER]. The governing body of | |
| 14 | 14 | a municipality may require the owner of real property [a lot] in the | |
| 15 | 15 | municipality to keep the property [lot] free from weeds, [rubbish,] | |
| 16 | 16 | brush, and a condition constituting a public nuisance as defined by | |
| 17 | 17 | Section 343.011(c)(1), (2), or (3) [other objectionable, | |
| 18 | 18 | unsightly, or unsanitary matter]. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |