HBA-TYH C.S.H.B. 1110 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1110 By: Smith Urban Affairs 3/15/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, state law allows municipal code violators to leave their property in a non conforming status for 10 days, which may have an adverse impact on property values. In addition, the 10-day limit curtails a local government's right to control municipal code violations. However, some small towns only have newspapers that print once a week. C.S.H.B. 1110 authorizes local governments to take action to clean up property within seven days of sending the notice of violation to the property owner and changes the publication requirement from twice within 10 consecutive days to only requiring a one time publication. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Sections 342.006(a) and (b), Health and Safety Code, to authorize a municipality to perform the enumerated tasks, if the owner of property in the municipality does not comply with a municipal ordinance or requirement under this chapter within seven, rather than 10, days of notice of a violation. Provides that the notice must be given by publication at least once, rather than twice within 10 consecutive days, if the notice cannot be personally delivered or the owner's post office address is unknown. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1110 differs from the original by changing the publication requirement from twice within seven days to only requiring one time publication.