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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the publication of a list of certain residential |
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property claimed without record title. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 2, Property Code, is amended by adding |
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Chapter 6 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 6. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CLAIMED WITHOUT RECORD TITLE |
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Sec. 6.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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residential property if: |
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(1) a person who may be entitled to claim an ownership |
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interest in the property cannot be located after a reasonable |
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effort; and |
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(2) ownership of the property is established under |
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Section 2306.188, Government Code. |
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Sec. 6.002. PROPERTY REPORT. (a) For residential property |
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for which ownership is established during the one-year period |
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preceding June 30 of each year, the Texas Department of Housing and |
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Community Affairs shall file a report with the comptroller on or |
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before the following November 1. |
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(b) The property report must include: |
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(1) the address of the residential property; |
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(2) the name of each person establishing ownership |
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under Section 2306.188, Government Code; and |
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(3) the name of each person who may be entitled to |
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claim an ownership interest in the property. |
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Sec. 6.003. LIST OF OWNERS. (a) Each year, the comptroller |
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shall compile and revise an alphabetical list of the names and |
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addresses reported to the comptroller under Section 6.002. |
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(b) The comptroller shall make the list available on the |
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Internet. |
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(c) The comptroller shall remove a name or address |
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associated with a property from the list on request of a person who |
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establishes record title to the property. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |