TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1437 by West, Royce (Relating to the enforcement of municipal building and safety ordinances by occupants of the buildings; providing penalties. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to authorize an occupant of a structure to bring a civil action in the justice court in the precinct where the structure is located to enforce an ordinance relating to health and safety conditions of the occupant. Under current statute, enforcement actions under Chapter 54 are only authorized for a municipality, and only in a district or county court at law.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2007.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, DB
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