H.B. No. 2732




AN ACT
relating to certain municipal orders required to be filed with the municipal secretary or clerk. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 54.039(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee of record jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of a commission panel may present a petition to a district court, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be presented to the court within 30 calendar days after the date a copy of the final decision of the commission panel is personally delivered or mailed by first class mail, certified return receipt requested, to all persons to whom notice is required to be sent under Section 54.035. The commission panel shall personally deliver or mail that copy promptly after the decision becomes final. In addition, an abbreviated copy of the order shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality within 10 calendar days after the date of the delivery or mailing of the copy as provided by this subsection, including the street address or legal description of the property; the date of the hearing, a brief statement indicating the results of the order, and instructions stating where a complete copy of the order may be obtained, and, except in a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more, a copy shall be filed in the office of the municipal secretary or clerk. SECTION 2. Section 214.001(f), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) Within 10 days after the date that the order is issued, the municipality shall: (1) file a copy of the order in the office of the municipal secretary or clerk, if the municipality has a population of 1.9 million or less; and (2) publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the building is located a notice containing: (A) the street address or legal description of the property; (B) the date of the hearing; (C) a brief statement indicating the results of the order; and (D) instructions stating where a complete copy of the order may be obtained. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2732 was passed by the House on April 30, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2732 was passed by the Senate on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor