By: Coleman H.B. No. 3352
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to civil penalties against subdividers of land.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.012 to read as follows:
CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) A subdivider or an agent of a
subdivider may not cause, suffer, allow, or permit a lot to be sold
in a subdivision if the subdivision has not been platted as required
by this chapter.
(b) A person, including a subdivider, who is alleged to have
violated a provision under this chapter is not subject to a penalty
under this chapter if the person proves the violation or nuisance
was corrected not later than the 30th day after the date the person
receives notice from the attorney general, district attorney,
county attorney, or a
local health authority of the violation.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a parcel of land that
has not yet been platted.
(d) Venue for an action under this section is in a district
court of Travis County, a district court in the county in which the
defendant resides, or a district court in the county in which the
violation or threat of violation occurs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.