86R5275 SCL-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 732
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of arrest for certain activities occurring at
property leased to a person operating a massage establishment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 125.0017, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, as added by Chapter 1135 (H.B. 240), Acts of the 85th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 125.0017. NOTICE OF ARREST FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. If
a law enforcement agency makes an arrest related to an activity
described by Section 125.0015(a)(6), (7), or (18) that occurs at
property leased to a person operating a massage establishment as
defined by Section 455.001, Occupations Code, not later than the
30th [14th] day after the date of the arrest, the law enforcement
agency may provide written notice by certified mail to each person
maintaining the property of the arrest.
SECTION 2. Section 125.0017, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, as added by Chapter 858 (H.B. 2552), Acts of the 85th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an arrest that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
An arrest that occurred before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. 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, 2019.