88R4144 DRS-F
By: Alvarado S.B. No. 367
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a person considered to be displaced for purposes of a
relocation assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.046, Property Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), if [If] a person
moves or discontinues the person's business, moves personal
property, or moves from the person's dwelling as a direct result of
code enforcement, rehabilitation, or a demolition program, the
person is considered to be displaced because of the acquisition of
real property.
(f) A person is not considered to be displaced in connection
with an acquisition of real property for purposes of Subsection (b)
if:
(1) the person moves or discontinues the person's
business, moves personal property, or moves from the person's
dwelling as a direct result of code enforcement; and
(2) the code enforcement is due to the person's
negligence or abandonment of the person's real property.
SECTION 2. Section 21.046, Property Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to the acquisition of real property
initiated by this state or a political subdivision of this state on
or after the effective date of this Act. Acquisition of real
property initiated before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.