85R12273 JG-F
By: Miles S.B. No. 1737
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing of a civil action by the attorney general to
enforce the Texas Fair Housing Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.134 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.134. CONCILIATION AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT. The
commission may monitor a respondent's compliance with a
conciliation agreement entered into under this chapter. If the
commission has reasonable cause to believe that a respondent has
breached a conciliation agreement, the commission shall refer the
matter to the attorney general with a recommendation for the
attorney general to file in accordance with this subchapter a civil
action to enforce the agreement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.