Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1722 amends Local Government Code provisions relating to the municipal regulation of dangerous structures to delete a requirement that a municipality determine the identity of a property owner, lienholder, or mortgagee through a search of the county clerk's records. The act provides that the municipality satisfies the requirement to make a reasonable effort to identify the property owner by searching certain other records. The act also provides that a notice of a hearing mailed by a municipality to an owner of a dilapidated or dangerous structure is deemed delivered even if the notice is returned by the postal service as "refused" or "unclaimed" and that a public hearing may be held by a civil municipal court.