By: Frullo (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 4245
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4245 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 214, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.2311 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.2311. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
to:
(1) a municipality located in a county with a
population of two million or more;
(2) a municipality with a population of 250,000 or
more located wholly in a county with a population of less than
320,000 that does not contain an international border; or
(3) a municipality that is the county seat of a county
with a population of more than 40,000 and less than 300,000 that
borders the Gulf of Mexico.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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