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House Bill 3065 |
House Author: Bohac |
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Effective: 1-1-10 |
Senate Sponsor: Ellis |
House Bill 3065 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a municipality located in a county with a population of 1.5 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. Such an ordinance may exempt certain classifications of buildings as the municipality's governing body determines reasonable and appropriate and may require the disclosure of information reasonably necessary for the municipality to minimize the threat to public health, safety, and welfare presented by a vacant building. The bill establishes a presumption that a building is vacant for registration purposes if all lawful residential, commercial, recreational, charitable, or construction activity at the building has or reasonably appears to have ceased for more than 150 days or if the building contains more than three units, 75 percent or more of which have not been or reasonably appear not to have been used lawfully for more than 150 days.