SRC-JEC H.B. 2092 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2092
77R9083 PAM-FBy: Brown, Betty (Cain)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/5/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law authorizes a municipality to prohibit any nuisance within the
municipality and within 5,000 feet of the municipality and in certain areas
of counties.  H.B. 2092 makes keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish
within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more a public nuisance
that a county is authorized to regulate.  

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 Section 343.011(c), Health and Safety Code, by
redefining a public nuisance to include keeping, storing, or accumulating
rubbish, including newspapers, abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves,
furniture, tires, and cans, within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days
or more, unless the rubbish or object is completely enclosed in a building
or is not visible from a public street. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.