By: Frullo (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 4245

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4245 By: Nichols

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain municipalities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 214, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 214.2311 to read as follows:

Sec. 214.2311. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to:

(1) a municipality located in a county with a population of two million or more;

(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. Section 214.233(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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