By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1572
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 1, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2; April 1, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 214.233(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A municipality [located in a county with a population of
two million or more] may adopt an ordinance requiring owners of
vacant buildings to register their buildings by filing a
registration form with a designated municipal official.
SECTION 2. 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.
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