H.B. No. 2094
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. (a) In this section, "telecommunications
provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Utilities
Code.
(b) This section does not apply to property owned by a
telecommunications provider.
(c) 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2094 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2094 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor