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AN ACT
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relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned |
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or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 360, Acts of the 45th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1937, is amended by adding Section 2A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 2A. Right to Remove Property. (a) In this section, |
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"district" means the Harris County Flood Control District. |
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(b) In order to carry out district purposes, the district |
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may remove real or personal property placed on land owned by the |
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district or land subject to an easement held by the district, |
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regardless of when the real or personal property was put in place |
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and without the consent of the owner of the property. The district |
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must send notice by certified mail to the owner of property on which |
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the district intends to act under this section. Not earlier than |
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the 30th day after the date the notice is sent, the district must |
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send a second notice by certified mail. The district may use |
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existing civil lawsuit processes against the owner of the property |
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to recover the cost of removing the property not earlier than the |
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30th day after the date the second notice was received. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3782 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 11, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3782 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 24, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3782 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |