HB 281: Local Government Code Enforcement

GENERAL BILL by Partington

Local Government Code Enforcement; Authorizes county or municipality to designate special magistrate; authorizes local governmental entity to assess administrative fees through adoption of alternate code enforcement system; revises circumstances in which enforcement board must declare enforcement board member's office vacant; revises code violation notice, correction period, & hearing process; revises method by which certain notices must be provided to alleged code violator; requires governmental entity that permits its code inspectors to wear body cameras to establish certain policies & procedures; requires such governmental entity to ensure that certain training occurs, retain certain data in accordance with public records laws, & perform periodic review of actual body camera practices; increases criminal penalties for certain crimes committed against code inspector in certain circumstances.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/28/2025 04:08 PM

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1475 by Partington Pub Rec/Code Inspector Body Camera Recordings Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee	Linked
  S 1104 by Rodriguez Local Government Code Enforcement Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Community Affairs	Similar
  S 1106 by Rodriguez Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Community Affairs	Compare

• Citations - Statute (14)

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  162.01	Short title.	Page 2 [pdf]
  162.02	Intent.	Page 3 [pdf]
  162.03	Applicability.	Page 3 [pdf]
  162.04	Definitions.	Page 4 [pdf]
  162.05	Local government code enforcement boards; organization.	Page 5 [pdf]
  162.06	Enforcement procedure.	Page 5 [pdf]
  162.07	Conduct of hearing.	Page 7 [pdf]
  162.08	Powers of enforcement boards.	Page 8 [pdf]
  162.09	Administrative fines; costs of repair; liens.	Page 9 [pdf]
  162.10	Duration of lien.	Page 10 [pdf]
  162.12	Notices.	Page 12 [pdf]
  162.41		Page 13 [pdf]
  784.083	Assault or battery on code inspectors.	Page 14 [pdf]
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 15 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/28/2025	H	• Filed
  2/6/2025	H	• Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  3/4/2025	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  6/16/2025	H	• Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee