By West S.B. No. 296
77R3627 JMG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to posting notice about a violation of certain municipal
1-3 ordinances or requirements.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 342.006(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The notice must be given:
1-8 (1) personally to the owner in writing;
1-9 (2) by letter addressed to the owner at the owner's
1-10 address as recorded in the appraisal district records of the
1-11 appraisal district in which the property is located; or
1-12 (3) if personal service cannot be obtained:
1-13 (A) by publication at least once; or
1-14 (B) by posting the notice in a conspicuous place
1-15 [on or near the front door of each building] on the property to
1-16 which the violation relates[; or]
1-17 [(C) by posting the notice on a placard attached
1-18 to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the
1-19 violation relates, if the property contains no buildings].
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.