S.B. No. 1945

	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance of a citation to an owner of real property
	for a violation of a county or municipal rule or ordinance.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 250.003, Local
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  An individual who is an employee of the owner of real
	property for which a citation for a violation of a county or
	municipal rule or ordinance is issued, or of a company that manages
	the property on behalf of the property owner, is not personally
	liable for criminal or civil penalties resulting from the violation
	if, not later than the fifth calendar day after the date the
	citation is issued, the individual provides the property owner's
	name, current street address, and telephone number to the
	enforcement official who issues the citation or the official's
	superior.
	SECTION 2.  Section 250.004, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 250.004.  AGENT FOR SERVICE; NOTICE OF CITATION.
	(a)  The [If the property owner's street address is not in this
	state, the] employee of the owner or management company to whom a
	citation described by Section 250.003 is issued is considered the
	owner's agent for accepting service of the citation for the
	violation of the county or municipal rule or ordinance. Service of
	the citation on the agent has the same legal effect as service on
	the owner for the purpose of fines against the owner or the
	property, including a warrant or capias.
	(b)  The county or municipality issuing the citation shall
	mail notice of the citation to the property owner at the address
	most recently provided to the county or municipality by the
	property owner or by the employee of the owner or management company
	under Section 250.003(a). This subsection does not require a
	county or municipality to mail notice using a service that provides
	delivery confirmation.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1945 passed the Senate on
	April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1945 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
	Nays 0, two present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor