By:  Talton (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)                            H.B. No. 2732
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2003; 
May 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2003, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 22, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.                           



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