| TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB3065 by Bohac (Relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain counties; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted |
The bill would add Subchapter H to Chapter 214 of the Local Government Code to authorize a municipality located in a county with a population of 2.2 million or more to adopt an ordinance to require an owner of a vacant building to register the building by filing a completed registration form with a designated municipal official. The bill would establish the minimum requirements for an ordinance governing registration of a vacant building and would allow the municipality to charge a fee in an amount commensurate with expenses incurred by the municipality to administer the registration program.
A violation of a registration ordinance would be a Class C misdemeanor.
The bill would take effect January 1, 2010.
Based on the population criteria, the bill would apply to municipalities located in Dallas and Harris counties.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, DB, SD, TP
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