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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to require owners of |
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real property to keep the property free of certain conditions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 342.004, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 342.004. MUNICIPAL POWER CONCERNING WEEDS OR CERTAIN |
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PUBLIC NUISANCES [OTHER UNSANITARY MATTER]. The governing body of |
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a municipality may require the owner of real property [a lot] in the |
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municipality to keep the property [lot] free from weeds, [rubbish,] |
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brush, and a condition constituting a public nuisance as defined by |
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Section 343.011(c)(1), (2), or (3) [other objectionable,
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unsightly, or unsanitary matter]. |
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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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the Senate on |
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April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the House on |
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May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 13, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |