H.B. No. 2647

	AN ACT
	relating to the quasi-judicial enforcement of certain health and
	safety ordinances.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 54.040(a), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  An order issued under Section 54.036, including any
	civil penalties assessed under Section 54.036(5), is enforceable in
	the same manner as provided in Sections 214.001(k), (m), (n), and
	(o). An abstract of judgment shall be ordered [issued] against all
	parties found to be the owners of the subject property or in
	possession of that property.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2647 was passed by the House on April
	30, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 2647 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 2647 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 137,
	Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2647 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
	2647 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor