85R7430 SCL-D
 
  By: Ortega H.B. No. 1892
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to expedited court proceedings in cases involving
  substandard buildings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 214.001, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows:
         (s)  A court shall expedite any proceeding, including all
  appeals, related to a substandard building determination under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.