By: Miles S.B. No. 1737

(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 3, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1737 By: Garcia

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the enforcement of conciliation agreements entered into under the Texas Fair Housing Act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 301.134 to read as follows:

Sec. 301.134. CONCILIATION AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT. The commission may monitor a respondent's compliance with a conciliation agreement entered into under this chapter. If the commission has reasonable cause to believe that a respondent has breached a conciliation agreement, the commission shall refer the matter to the attorney general with a recommendation for the attorney general to file in accordance with this subchapter a civil action to enforce the agreement.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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