2009S0655-1 03/10/09
 
  By: West S.B. No. 1945
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the personal liability of, and acceptance of service of
  citation by, an employee of the owner of real property or of a
  company that manages real property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 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 within 24 hours
  of the citation.
         SECTION 2.  Section 250.004, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 250.004.  AGENT FOR SERVICE. 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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.