BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 4245
87R12361 DRS-D	By: Frullo (Perry)
	Local Government
	5/14/2021
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

This bill allows bracketed municipalities to adopt an ordinance requiring owners of vacant buildings to register their buildings with the city. This is a bracketed bill that will create new brackets that apply to the City of Lubbock and the City of Galveston.

H.B. 4245 amends current law relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain municipalities.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 214.233(a), Local Government Code, as follows:

(a) Authorizes certain municipalities, including 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, to adopt an ordinance requiring owners of vacant buildings to register their buildings by filing a registration form with a designated municipal official.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2021. �