Texas Local Government Code
§ 214.0015 — ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY REGARDING SUBSTANDARD BUILDING
LG § 214.0015Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES · Art. A. DANGEROUS STRUCTURES
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a municipality that has adopted an ordinance under Section 214.001.
(b)In addition to the authority granted to the municipality by Section 214.001, after the expiration of the time allotted under Section 214.001(d) or (e) for the repair, removal, or demolition of a building, the municipality may:
(1)repair the building at the expense of the municipality and assess the expenses on the land on which the building stands or to which it is attached and may provide for that assessment, the mode and manner of giving notice, and the means of recovering the repair expenses; or
(2)assess a civil penalty against the property owner for failure to repair, remove, or demolish the building and provide for that assessment, the mode and manner of giving notice, and the means of recovering the assessment.
(c)The municipality may repair a building under Subsection (b) only to the extent necessary to bring the building into compliance with the minimum standards and only if the building is a residential building with 10 or fewer dwelling units. The repairs may not improve the building to the extent that the building exceeds minimum housing standards.
(d)The municipality shall impose a lien against the land on which the building stands or stood, unless it is a homestead as protected by the Texas Constitution, to secure the payment of the repair, removal, or demolition expenses or the civil penalty. Promptly after the imposition of the lien, the municipality must file for record, in recordable form in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the land is located, a written notice of the imposition of the lien. The notice must contain a legal description of the land.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 49(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 743, Sec. 2, 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.105, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.