87R16695 SLB-D
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 2094
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2094:
 
  By:  Lucio III C.S.H.B. No. 2094
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned
  or controlled by the Hidalgo County Drainage District Number 1.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a) In this section, "telecommunications
  provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Utilities
  Code.
         (b)  This section does not apply to property owned by a
  telecommunications provider.
         (c)  In order to carry out district purposes, the Hidalgo
  County Drainage District Number 1 may remove real or personal
  property placed on land owned by the district or land subject to an
  easement held by the district, regardless of when the real or
  personal property was put in place and without the consent of the
  owner of the property. The district must send notice by certified
  mail to the owner of property on which the district intends to act
  under this section. Not earlier than the 30th day after the date
  the notice is sent, the district must send a second notice by
  certified mail. The district may use existing civil lawsuit
  processes against the owner of the property to recover the cost of
  removing the property not earlier than the 30th day after the date
  the second notice was received.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.