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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to foreclose a |
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lien on property to recover certain expenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 214.004, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 214.004. SEIZURE AND SALE OF PROPERTY TO RECOVER |
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EXPENSES. A Type A general-law municipality or home-rule |
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municipality may foreclose a lien on property under this |
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subchapter: |
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(1) in a proceeding relating to the property brought |
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under Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Tax Code; or |
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(2) in a judicial proceeding, if: |
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(A) a building or other structure on the property |
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has been demolished; and |
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(B) a lien for the cost of the demolition of the |
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building or other structure on the property has been created and |
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that cost has not been paid more than 180 days after the date the |
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lien was filed[; and
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[(C)
ad valorem taxes are delinquent on all or
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part of the property]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the foreclosure of a lien that attaches under Subchapter A, |
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Chapter 214, Local Government Code, on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. The foreclosure of a lien that attaches before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the lien attaches, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |