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| 1 | 1 | 89R15751 DNC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bumgarner H.B. No. 5509 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's or motel's | |
| 10 | 10 | certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human | |
| 11 | 11 | trafficking. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 215, Local Government | |
| 14 | 14 | Code, is amended by adding Section 215.007 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 215.007. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF HOTEL OR MOTEL | |
| 16 | 16 | CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. The governing body of a municipality may | |
| 17 | 17 | suspend or revoke a certificate of occupancy for a hotel or motel | |
| 18 | 18 | located in the municipality if: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) a law enforcement agency gives notice to the | |
| 20 | 20 | municipality, or the municipality otherwise learns, that the law | |
| 21 | 21 | enforcement agency is investigating the hotel or motel for an | |
| 22 | 22 | offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; or | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) the municipality has reasonable cause to believe | |
| 24 | 24 | that an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, is being committed at | |
| 25 | 25 | the hotel or motel. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |