| 1 | 1 | | 89R9534 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1691 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with |
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| 10 | 10 | | pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious |
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| 11 | 11 | | animus; providing a civil penalty. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Title 4, Property Code, is amended by adding |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 32 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | CHAPTER 32. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN DISRUPTIONS OF QUIET |
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| 16 | 16 | | ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 32.001. CIVIL PENALTY FOR DISRUPTION OF QUIET |
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| 18 | 18 | | ENJOYMENT OF RESIDENCE WITH CERTAIN HATE SPEECH. (a) A person who |
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| 19 | 19 | | interferes with another person's quiet enjoyment of that person's |
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| 20 | 20 | | residence by distributing a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer that |
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| 21 | 21 | | demonstrates ethnic or religious animus is subject to a civil |
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| 22 | 22 | | penalty in an amount of $5,000. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The attorney general or a district or county attorney |
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| 24 | 24 | | may bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The attorney general or district or county attorney may recover |
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| 26 | 26 | | reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the |
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| 27 | 27 | | action. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 32.001, Property Code, as added by this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act, applies only to a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer distributed on or |
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| 30 | 30 | | after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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