Amend CSHB 3485 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
appropriately:
SECTION ____. Subsection (a), Section 250.003, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) An individual who is an employee of the owner of real
property for which a citation for a violation of a county or
municipal rule or ordinance is issued, or of a company that manages
the property on behalf of the property owner, is not personally
liable for criminal or civil penalties resulting from the violation
if, not later than five calendar days after the date the citation is
issued, the individual provides the property owner's name, current
street address, and telephone number to the enforcement official
who issues the citation or the official's superior.
SECTION ____. Section 250.004, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 250.004. AGENT FOR SERVICE; NOTICE OF CITATION.
(a) The [If the property owner's street address is not in this
state, the] employee of the owner or management company to whom a
citation described by Section 250.003 is issued is considered the
owner's agent for accepting service of the citation for the
violation of the county or municipal rule or ordinance. Service of
the citation on the agent has the same legal effect as service on
the owner for the purpose of fines against the owner or the
property, including a warrant or capias.
(b) The county or municipality issuing the citation shall
mail notice of the citation to the property owner at the address
most recently provided to the county or municipality by the
property owner or by the employee of the owner or management company
under Section 250.003(a). This subsection does not require a
county or municipality to mail notice using a service that provides
delivery confirmation.
SECTION ____. The change in law made by Section 250.003 and
250.004, Local Government Code, is effective on or after January 1,
2010.