87R10230 SLB-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2094
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned
or controlled by the Hidalgo County Drainage District Number 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. In order to carry out district purposes, the
Hidalgo County Drainage District Number 1 may remove real or
personal property placed on land owned by the district or land
subject to an easement held by the district, regardless of when the
real or personal property was put in place and without the consent
of the owner of the property. The district must send notice by
certified mail to the owner of property on which the district
intends to act under this section. Not earlier than the 30th day
after the date the notice is sent, the district must send a second
notice by certified mail. The district may use existing civil
lawsuit processes against the owner of the property to recover the
cost of removing the property not earlier than the 30th day after
the date the second notice was received.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.