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Bills of Interest to Texas Neighborhoods Together (TNT)
in the 80th Legislature  Regular Session

as of March 10, 2007
(79 total bills)

PRIORITY (40 bills)

Municipal Authority (22 bills)

Zoning (3 bills)

HB 252 (Mowery)
Description: Restricts rezoning if the property value would decrease more than 10%
Status: Pulled from March 7 agenda of the Land and Resource Management Committee
NOTE: Rep. Mowery is the Chair of the Land and Resource Management Committee.
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 1732 (Kuempel)
Description: Adds a two year delay for certain zoning changes
Status: MARCH 14 HEARING before the Land and Resource Management Committee, 8 am, E2.014
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 1736 (Kuempel)
Description: Restricts lot coverage characteristics cities can regulate through zoning
Status: MARCH 14 HEARING before the Land and Resource Management Committee, 8 am, E2.014
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

Code Enforcement and Nuisance Abatement (8 bills)

HB 559 (Noriega)
Description: Public hearing, if requested, before removal of an abandoned vehicle
Status: In Urban Affairs Committee. Identical bill SB 350 is on Senate Local and Uncontested Calendar
TNT position: To be determined

HB 560 (Noriega)
Description: Confirmed mail notice regarding abatement and removal of a junked vehicle
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: To be determined

HB 561 (Noriega)
Description: Confirmed mail notice regarding abatement and removal of a junked vehicle
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: To be determined

HB 812 (Dutton)
Description: Allows residents to sue cities to require abatement of public nuisances
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: To be determined

HB 1368 (Hochberg)
Description: Enhances city abilities to abate public nuisances
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: Support

SB 350 (Ellis)
Description: Public hearing, if requested, before removal of an abandoned vehicle
Status: Approved by Intergovernmental Relations Committee. On Senate Local and Uncontested Calendar.
TNT position: To be determined

SB 351 (Ellis)
Description: Confirmed mail notice regarding abatement and removal of a junked vehicle
Status: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Committee
TNT position: To be determined

SB 352 (Ellis)
Description: Confirmed mail notice of all proceedings regarding substandard buildings
Status: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Committee
TNT position: To be determined

Photographic Traffic Law Enforcement – Direct or Indirect Prohibition (4 bills)

HB 55 (Isett)
Description: Prohibits red-light camera systems
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 922 (Truitt)
Description: Prohibits speeding camera systems
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: None

HB 985 (Isett)
Description: Prohibits red-light and speeding camera systems
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

SB 195 (Jackson)
Description: Repeals city authority for civil enforcement of traffic laws
Status: Feb 21 hearing before the Transportation and Homeland Security Committee, left pending.
Note: The committee is instead reporting out SB 125.
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

Photographic Traffic Law Enforcement – Standards and or state/local revenue-sharing (6 bills)

HB 1052 (Callegori)
Description: Signage requirements for red-light camera sites
Status: Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
TNT position: None

HB 1570 (Murphy)
Description: State and local revenue-sharing
Status: Referred to Public Health Committee. Identical SB 125 approved Feb 21 by Senate committee
TNT position: None

HB 1621 (Goolsby)
Description: Sets a $75 maximum fine
Status: Referred to Transportation Committee.
TNT position: None

SB 125 (Carona)
Description: State and local revenue-sharing
Status: Approved by the Transportation and Homeland Security Committee on March 7
TNT position: None

SB 939 (West)
Description: Explicitly authorizes, sets standards and revenue-sharing
Status: Referred to the Transportation and Homeland Security Committee
TNT position: None

SB 1119 (Carona)
Description: Explicitly authorizes and sets standards
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: None

Manufactured Housing (1 bill)

HB 1460 (Haggerty)
Status: Referred to Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee
TNT position: To be determined

Property Owner Associations (15 bills)

Governance, Assessments, Fines, Fees and/or Foreclosures – State-wide Applicability (9 bills filed)

HB 222 (Solomons)
Description: Numerous new requirements and restrictions for associations
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
Note: Rep. Solomons is a member of the Business and Industry Committee.
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 493 (Orr)
Description: Makes homeowner payment of fines or attorney fees voluntary through specifying application of payment priorities
Limitation: Does not apply to Harris or adjacent counties
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 749 (Dutton)
Description: Prohibits association foreclosure of homesteads
Limitation: Applies to future developments
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 1171 (Bailey)
Description: Numerous new requirements and restrictions for associations
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 1630 (Martinez)
Description: Applies the Open Records and Open Meetings acts to all associations state-wide
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

HB 2218 (Hochberg)
Description: Establishes authority for an architectural control committee in the absence of an association
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: Support

HB 2402 (Truitt)
Description: Association may not establish an easement without the consent of the property owner.
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: Support

HB 3673 (Davis, J.)
Description: Applies the Open Records and Open Meetings acts to all associations state-wide
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

SB 979 (West)
Description: Various new requirements
Status: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Committee
TNT position: Support, at least in large part

Governance and Foreclosures - Houston Area (3 bills)

HB 3232 (Olivo)
Description: Additional requirements for replats affecting common areas
Limitation: Applies only to the Houston area
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: None

HB 3674 (Davis, J.)
Description: Applies the Open Records and Open Meetings acts to more Houston area associations
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: STRONGLY OPPOSE

SB 645 (Ellis)
Description: Authorizes a study of residential foreclosures
Limitation: Scope is the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA
Status: Referred to Business and Commerce Committee
TNT position: None

Renewable Energy (3 bills)

HB 231 (Ritter)
Description: Associations cannot prohibit or restrict renewable energy technology
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: OPPOSE, but support empowering associations to adopt standards

HB 1651 (Leibowitz)
Description: Associations cannot prohibit or restrict solar panels but allows some association regulation
Limitation: Does not apply to Las Colinas (Irving) and The Woodlands
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: OPPOSE, but this is better than SB 358.

SB 358 (Jackson)
Description: Associations cannot prohibit or restrict solar panels
Status: Feb 28 hearing before the Intergovernmental Relations Committee, left pending
Outlook: This bill or its successor will be merged into SB 979.
TNT position: OPPOSE, but support empowering associations to adopt standards

Homeowners Insurance (1 bill)

HB 1873 (Coleman)
Description: Prohibits use of credit scoring in underwriting
Status: Referred to Insurance Committee
TNT position: STRONGLY SUPPORT

Notification (2 bills)

HB 3388 (Olivo)
Description: Gives associations (and others) standing to request reviews of solid waste facility permits
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

SB 1864 (Zaffirini)
Description: Gives associations (and others) standing to request reviews of solid waste facility permits
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

SUPPORT (39 bills)

Recorded Votes (11 bills)
Broad Requirement (8 bills)

HB 108 (Goolsby)
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 132 (McCall)
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 666 (Naishtat)
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 2633 (Bolton)
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 2801 (Garcia)
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

HJR 17 (Naishtat)
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

SB 102 (Carona)
Status: Referred to Administration Committee. Identical HB 666 heard Mar 5 by House State Affairs.
TNT position: SUPPORT

SJR 7 (Carona)
Status: Referred to Administration Committee. Identical HJR 17 heard Mar 5 by House State Affairs.
TNT position: SUPPORT

Final Passage (3 bills)

CSHB 83 (Branch)
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support if better legislation does not progress
Note: Position based on initially filed bill. Substitute language not yet reviewed.

CSHJR 19 (Branch)
Status: Referred to State Affairs Committee
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support if better legislation does not progress
Note: Position based on initially filed bill. Substitute language not yet reviewed.

HJR 77 (Goolsby)
Status: Mar 5 hearing by State Affairs Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support if better legislation does not progress

Deed Restriction Amendments (3 bills)

HB 976 (Van Arsdale)
Description: Enable amendments of restrictions if covenants provide for extension of restrictions for terms  of at least 10 years.
Status: Referred to Business and Industry Committee
TNT position: SUPPORT

SB 566 (Wentworth)
Description: Expands ease of amendment from small rural counties to most of Texas
Status: March 7 hearing before the Intergovernmental Relations Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 3709 (Callegari)
Description: Enables amendments even if covenants provide for none post-development
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

Burglary of Vehicles (10 bills)

Bills matching TNT position (2)

HB 267 (Anchia)
Description: makes second theft a state jail felony
Status: No action by the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee on this bill March 6. Identical HB 303 heard.
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 303 (Farrar)
Description: makes second theft a state jail felony
Status: March 6 hearing before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

Bills close to TNT position (8)

HB 79 (Branch)
Description: Makes all thefts a state jail felony
Status: March 6 hearing before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

HB 128 (Truitt)
Description: Makes all thefts a state jail felony
Status: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Identical HB 79 heard on March 6.
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

HB 1779 (Latham)
Description: makes third theft a state jail felony if the value is less than $1,500.
First thefts are state jail felonies if the value is over $1,500.
Thefts over $20,000 are higher felonies.
Status: March 6 hearing before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

HB 1887 (Truitt)
Description: makes third theft a state jail felony
Status: March 6 hearing before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

SB 145 (West)
Description: makes third theft a state jail felony
Status: Referred to Criminal Justice Committee
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

SB 313 (Carona)
Description: Makes all thefts a state jail felony
Status: Referred to Criminal Justice Committee. Identical HB 79 had a Mar 6 House committee hearing.
TNT position: Support, but HB 275 or HB 303 better matches our position

SB 807 (Whitmire)
Description: makes third theft a state jail felony
Status: Referred to Criminal Justice Committee. Identical HB 1887 had a Mar 6 House committee hearing.
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

SB 1327 (Patrick)
Description: Makes all thefts a state jail felony
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee). Identical HB 79 had a Mar 6 House committee hearing.
TNT position: Support, but HB 267 or HB 303 better matches our position

County Land Use Authority (6 bills)

HB 617 (Quintanilla)
Description: Requires counties to adopt and enforce building codes
Status: Referred to State Affairs Committee
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 3068 (Guillen)
Description: Regulation of subdivisions near the international border
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: to be determined

HB 3581 (Howard, C.)
Description: Authorizes counties to remove or remediate solid waste nuisances
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

SB 542 (West)
Description: Authorizes counties to require limited fire suppression systems
Status: Left pending after March 7 hearing before the Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

New Intergovernmental Relations Committee hearing scheduled for March 14, 9:30 am, E1.028
TNT position: SUPPORT

SB 1241 (Shapleigh)
Description: Establishes county zoning authority in certain counties near the international border
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: SUPPORT

SB 1869 (Zaffirni)
Description: Regulation of subdivisions near the international border
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: to be determined

Retaliatory Lawsuits (2 bills)

HB 1089 (Raymond)
Description: Allows recovery of damages from one who files suit in an attempt to intimidate or harass  someone filing a good faith complaint with a government or quasi-governmental agency
Status: Feb 28 public hearing before the Civil Practices Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

HB 1130 (Leibowitz)
Description: Similar to HB 1089
Status: Feb 28 public hearing before the Civil Practices Committee, left pending
TNT position: SUPPORT

Public Recording of Real Property Sales Prices (4 bills)

HB 133 (Villareal)
Description: Requires sales price disclosure to the county appraisal districts
Status: Withdrawn. Revised bill HB 2996 filed.
TNT position: SUPPORT

CSHB 1552 (Villareal)
Description: Requires sales price disclosure in the conveyance instruments filed with county clerks in counties where voters authorize in a local option election
Status: : March 5 hearing before the Local Government Ways and Means Committee, left pending
TNT position: Support if SB 270 does not progress
Note: Position based on initially filed bill. Substitute language not yet reviewed.

HB 2996 (Villareal)
Description: Requires sales price disclosure to the county appraisal districts in counties where voters authorize in a local option election
Status: Filed (not yet assigned to a committee)
TNT position: Support if SB 270 does not progress

SB 270 (Wentworth)
Description: Requires sales price disclosure in the conveyance instruments filed with county clerks
Status: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Committee
TNT position: SUPPORT

 

 

 
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