HBA-CCH, TBM H.B. 886 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 886 By: Wilson Business & Industry 3/15/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Adverse possession is the actual and visible appropriation of real property under a claim of rightful possession that is inconsistent and hostile to another person's claim of rightful possession. Adverse possession allows a person to rightfully possess another person's property if the person taking possession cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property, and the owner of the property does not bring a cause of action within a specified time period to claim the property. House Bill 886 abolishes adverse possession and removes the limitation period to recover real property that was adversely possessed. 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. ANALYSIS House Bill 886 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies, Transportation, and Local Government codes to abolish adverse possession which allows a person to take possession of real property that has gone unused by the owner for a specified period of time by a person inhabiting it for that period of time and to remove the limitation period to recover real property that was adversely possessed. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.