By: Miles S.B. No. 1737
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; May 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
May 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1737 By: Garcia
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of conciliation agreements entered into
under 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.
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