By: Rodríguez  S.B. No. 254
         (In the Senate - Filed December 19, 2018; February 7, 2019,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; April 3, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
  April 3, 2019, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 254 By:  Alvarado
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to court appointment of a receiver for a property that is
  in violation of certain ordinances in certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 214.003, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and
  [Subsection] (c), the court may appoint as a receiver for the
  property a nonprofit organization or an individual with a
  demonstrated record of rehabilitating properties if the court finds
  that:
               (1)  the structures on the property are in violation of
  the standards set forth in Section 214.001(b) and an ordinance
  described by Subsection (a);
               (2)  notice of violation was given to the record owner
  of the property; and
               (3)  a public hearing as required by Section 214.001(b)
  has been conducted.
         (b-1)  This section applies only to a municipality located
  along the international border with Mexico and with a population of
  800,000 or more.  The court may appoint as a receiver under
  Subsection (b) an individual without a demonstrated record of
  rehabilitating properties if the municipality demonstrates that:
               (1)  no individual with a demonstrated record of
  rehabilitating properties is available; and
               (2)  the individual being appointed is competent and
  able to fulfill the duties of a receiver.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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