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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with |
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pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious |
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animus; providing a civil penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 4, Property Code, is amended by adding |
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Chapter 31 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 31. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN DISRUPTIONS OF QUIET |
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ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY |
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Sec. 31.001. CIVIL PENALTY FOR DISRUPTION OF QUIET |
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ENJOYMENT OF RESIDENCE WITH CERTAIN HATE SPEECH. (a) A person who |
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interferes with another person's quiet enjoyment of that person's |
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residence by distributing a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer that |
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demonstrates ethnic or religious animus is subject to a civil |
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penalty in an amount of $5,000. |
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(b) The attorney general or a district or county attorney |
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may bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section. |
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The attorney general or district or county attorney may recover |
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reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the |
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action. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.001, Property Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer distributed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |