BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	C.S.H.B. 4245
87R24235 DRS-D	By: Frullo (Perry)
	Local Government
	5/19/2021
	Committee Report (Substituted)

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.

(Original Author's / Sponsor's Statement of Intent) 

C.S.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 Subchapter H, Chapter 214, Local Government Code, by adding Section 214.2311, as follows:

Sec. 214.2311. APPLICABILITY. Provides that Subchapter H (Registration of Vacant Buildings) applies only to:

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

(a) Authorizes a municipality, rather than a municipality located in a county with a population of two million or more, to adopt an ordinance requiring owners of vacant buildings to register their buildings by filing a registration form with a designated municipal official.

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2021. �