Video & Transcript Research : 'Texas Property Code'

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  • Do they also pay property tax, or are they exempt from property tax? They do pay property tax.
  • I may add this program was created for Texas heroes, and that's the name of the program: Homes for Texas
  • Texas is one of only eight states that impose any form of intangible personal property tax, even though
  • The intangible personal property is, sorry, intangible personal property is not supposed to be taxed.
  • So Texas is the first. ...place.
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Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 24th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • Local Government Code.
  • I'm a homebuilder in Houston, Texas. I'm here with and the Texas Association of Builders.
  • We believe it's not market-based, and it's not Texas.
  • So in response, the Texas.
  • properties that are no longer in use.
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Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 24th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • The Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers in Texas for Housing are in support of this bill
  • It really is just about personal property rights on residential property.
  • I mean, most of the property, I would say most of the property in the urban areas that this bill would
  • I'm with Audubon, Texas.
  • So the way this code is, the local government code, this section, this 212.905, in it, it talks about
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Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025 at 09:04 am

Land & Resource Management

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  • The first property is operated by the Texas State Library and Archives, and the sale or lease would be
  • The first property is operated by the Texas State Library and Archives and the sale or lease would be
  • Members, this is essentially a clarification bill for Chapter 82 of the Texas Property Code, which is
  • from a Texas property code.
  • Happy to take any questions you have. ...and follow Chapter 82 of the Uniform Property Code.
Summary: The committee heard testimony and took action on several land use, housing, municipal utility district, and cemetery-related bills. House Bill 447, dealing with transportation impact analysis requirements tied to MUD bond issuance, drew opposition from a witness who argued it would duplicate work, strain agency resources, and delay development; after the sponsor’s closing remarks, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1202, on third-party review of home backup power installations, was substituted and reported favorably to the full House by a unanimous roll call. House Bill 2494, on disannexation for failure to provide municipal services, and House Bill 1835, removing barriers to HUD-code manufactured homes, were also substituted and reported favorably; HB 1835 passed on a 5-1 vote. Senate Bill 15, limiting lot size and density requirements in certain large municipalities, was substituted and reported favorably unanimously. The committee also heard House Bill 897, which would authorize the sale or long-term lease of two state-owned Austin properties used by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and HHSC. The sponsor said the properties are in poor condition and that proceeds would benefit the state; after questions, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. Several template MUD bills were then laid out, including HB 5652, HB 5654, HB 5661, and HB 5656, each creating or authorizing municipal utility districts in Montgomery or Fort Bend counties for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational improvements. These bills drew limited testimony in support and were left pending without objection. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 2673, which would repeal last session’s change allowing new cemeteries within certain distances of municipalities and restore the prior rule limiting cemetery placement near growing urban areas. The sponsor and supporters argued the 2023 change created unintended consequences, removed valuable taxable land from future use, and complicated city planning; opponents, including a funeral service industry representative, argued the current law gives communities local control and helps address cemetery land shortages. After extensive testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4753, a bill allowing a property owner to use a municipal record showing a certificate of occupancy was issued when the original document is lost; it was left pending. Finally, HB 3680, a Cameron County-specific bill modifying subdivision/model rule procedures to reduce replatting burdens while preserving colonia protections, and HB 4812, clarifying that condominiums follow Chapter 82 of the Property Code rather than full subdivision platting, both received supportive testimony and were left pending.
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Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025 at 09:04 am

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first property is operated by the Texas State Library and Archives, and the sale or lease would be
  • Members, this is essentially a clarification bill for Chapter 82 of the Texas Property Code, which is
  • Code.
  • Technical building codes in Texas and nationwide are broken.
  • This is particularly true in Texas, where we lack a state-level technical building code review mechanism
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of land use, housing, and local government bills. House Bill 447, relating to TIA requirements for certain MUD bond issuances, drew opposition from a witness who argued it would duplicate work already done, strain agency resources, and delay development; after the author’s closing, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out Senate Bill 1202 (third-party review of home backup power installations), House Bill 2494 (disannexation for failure to provide services), House Bill 1835 (removing barriers to HUD co-manufactured homes), and Senate Bill 15 (lot size and density limits in certain municipalities), with House Bill 1835 receiving one no vote and the others passing unanimously. House Bill 897, authorizing sale or lease of two state-owned Austin properties, was laid out and left pending after brief questions and no public testimony. The committee also heard and left pending several MUD creation bills for Montgomery and Fort Bend counties, including House Bills 5652, 5654, 5661, and 5656, each presented as template district bills with local support and no opposition recorded at the table. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 2673, which would restore prior restrictions on new cemeteries near growing urban areas by repealing changes made last session. Representative Lujan and supporters argued the current law created unintended consequences, including loss of developable land, tax-exempt property in urban cores, and conflicts with infrastructure planning; they said cities already have authority to establish their own cemeteries if needed. Opponents, including a funeral services industry representative, argued the 2023 change was intended to let communities decide and that the bill would take local decision-making backward. After extensive testimony from both sides, the bill was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 3680, which would create a Cameron County-specific process allowing local discretion under the model subdivision rules. Supporters said the bill would preserve colonia protections while reducing costly platting and replatting burdens on families trying to sell or pass down land; county officials and realtors testified in favor. The bill was left pending after closing. House Bill 4812, a clarification to the Texas Uniform Condominium Act to prevent counties from imposing subdivision platting requirements on condominiums, received support from builders and a condominium attorney who said current county practices create duplicative hurdles and higher costs; it too was left pending. Finally, House Bill 5148, which would allow certain single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories, generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including housing advocates and architects, said the bill would lower costs, improve unit design, and expand affordable, family-friendly housing while maintaining safety through sprinklers and other safeguards. Fire officials from Corpus Christi opposed the bill, warning that a single stairwell could hinder firefighting and occupant evacuation, especially if sprinklers fail or smoke spreads. The author said the bill was aimed at new construction only and was part of a broader effort to reduce outdated housing regulations; the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending at adjournment.
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Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this is essentially a clarification bill for Chapter 82 of the Texas Property Code, which is
  • from a Texas property code.
  • And follow Chapter 82 of the Uniform Property Code.
  • Technical building codes in Texas and nationwide are broken. We have overregulated.
  • Technical building codes in Texas and nationwide are broken.
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Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • The way Texas is growing from Harrison, Montgomery County over to Bexar County up I-34.
  • You've got emergency services districts in all those fast growth areas along the Texas Triangle.
  • Folks, Texas State Association of Firefighters, thank you, Chair and committee members.
  • I'm the executive director of the Texas State Association of Emergency Services Districts (ESDs).
  • Hill on behalf of the Texas Association of Builders, and you will be testifying for the bill.
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  • SB 841 addresses an important clarification within Chapter 162. ...of the Texas Property Code, namely
  • In the state of Texas. 300 plus banks? Yes. Community banks here in Texas.
  • Association of Texas.
  • So we're asking Texas to...
  • It creates a burdensome new framework under Chapter 604B of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, which
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  • solution to a Texas problem.
  • homelessness due to the loopholes in the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act that leave our Texas
  • Partition of Heirs Property Act to protect heir owners' property rights and prevent the loss of homes
  • That lives in the property, has an interest in the property.
  • It creates a burdensome new framework under Chapter 604B of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, which
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Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 3rd, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • The bill's core protections of heir property—this is a property protection bill.
  • Well, you know, I think... ...I may have this wrong, but I think in Chapter 23 of the Property Code there's
  • Texas.
  • ' property rights and prevent the loss of homes for Texas families.
  • That lives in the property, has an interest in the property.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

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  • Code.
  • Texas sex offender registry.
  • I wanted to clarify one common misperception about the Texas Penal Code.
  • It should be a crime in Texas.
  • This is happening in Texas.
Bills: HB47
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  • Texas 400, and the Texas Physicians for Patients PAC.
  • There's National Electric Code requirements. There's requirements regarding. the fire code.
  • I represent Texas Appleseed.
  • Texas data were required to register with the Secretary of State.
  • We're Wendell with Texas Watch. and support of the legislation.
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Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) May 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

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  • This bill harmonizes disparate sections of the state election code.
  • Laura Presley with True Texas Elections, and we strongly oppose SB 3709.
  • I'm here with the Texas Secretary of State's Office.
  • Laura Presley, with True Texas Elections, and this bill, we approve of this bill.
  • Laura Presley with True Texas Elections, and we really like this bill.
Bills: HB223
Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard several House bills, with most measures left pending after testimony and later taken up in a batch of votes. Early in the meeting, HB 5624 on liability protections for motocross/off-road vehicle tracks, HB 223 on requiring competitive procurement for municipal lobbying contracts, HB 3709 on post-election audit procedures, and HB 5081 on protecting personal information of judicial officers and court staff were all discussed and left pending after testimony. Witnesses on HB 223 supported greater transparency in municipal lobbying contracts. HB 3709 drew sharp opposition from an election integrity advocate who argued the bill would reduce precinct-level granularity and make it harder to detect ballot errors, while a Secretary of State resource witness said the bill would simplify and standardize the audit process by location. HB 5081 received strong support from court administration and a district judge who described prior threats and an attack tied to publicly available personal information. The committee also heard HB 3546 on allowing school districts to move elections to November, HB 493 on barring certain felony offenders from serving as poll watchers, HB 5115 on increasing penalties for election fraud and related conduct, HB 4081 on trade secret filing procedures, HB 3909 on limiting restrictions on wireless devices at polling places, HB 2702 on limiting gubernatorial closure authority for certain veterans organizations during pandemics, HB 119 on foreign adversary lobbying, and HB 5138 on the Attorney General’s authority to prosecute election crimes. Several of these bills were explained with committee substitutes and then left pending before final action. Testimony on HB 493 and HB 5115 came from an election integrity advocate who supported both bills, saying the poll watcher restriction was appropriately narrowed and that the election fraud bill would help address invalid votes and refusal to count valid votes. Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out a large number of bills, generally along party lines or with broad support. HB 186 on minors’ social media use, HB 229, HB 2885, HB 3909 as substituted, HB 4285, HB 1661, HB 2820, HB 3181, HB 4157, HB 223, HB 521, HB 640, HB 1234, HB 2253, HB 2294, HB 3053, HB 3697 as substituted, HB 4281, HB 4463, HB 4995, HB 5081 as substituted, HB 5624 as substituted, HB 119 as substituted, HB 3225, HB 5138 as substituted, HB 5115, HB 481 as substituted, HB 3546, HB 493, and HB 4145 were reported favorably to the full Senate, with several also placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted committee substitutes for multiple bills, including HB 3909, HB 5081, HB 5624, HB 119, HB 5138, and HB 481. At the end, the chair noted another committee meeting would likely be needed before deadlines, possibly on a weekend, and recessed the committee subject to the call of the chair.
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Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 14th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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  • My husband John and I are Texas catfish farmers, and we run and rent sawhorse in Southeast Texas.
  • So to be fair to Texans, Texas farmers, and Texas restaurateurs, we need this.
  • Business and Commerce Code.
  • of tissue. ...property, but intellectual property, that is DNA—the right to own one's sequenced data.
  • I don't expect Will to become a medical doctor or the lawyer of a property right, individual property
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • As a matter of fact, the Texas Medical Association...
  • The Texas Medical Association is not? The Texas Medical Association, I don't know their position.
  • Members and the people of Texas, thank you.
  • This is a Texas test. It's based upon Texas TEKS, Texas law.
  • Well, Texas can't wait 20 years to reinvent itself.
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • This bill, as you will recall, creates the offense of real property fraud and real property theft, and
  • To be presented with all in-person filings of real property transaction documents at the county clerk's
  • The House put an amendment requested by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
  • or on their behalf, the property owner believes the lien was fraudulently filed.
  • I pray that we never have to have a hearing in the Texas Senate again.
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Lord, we come before you today grateful for the blessing of serving the people of Texas.
  • Bless this chamber and the nation, the men and women who serve in it, and the great state of Texas.
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  • I am a property tax attorney. ...here in Texas.
  • the University of Texas Law School, where I teach Texas Property Tax Law.
  • and the Texas Property Tax Code.
  • They have exempted property taxes all around the state of Texas.
  • Chairman, thank you for working for property taxpayers in Texas. Well, boy, that's a great close.
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  • You might also ask, why UTSA and not Texas A&M? Texas Tech or UNT.
  • Texas.
  • Code.
  • The first change is that the Texas Financial Code, which was created in 1993, is now under new legislation
  • House Bill 4395 would amend Chapter 1202 of the Texas Government Code to allow for the electronic signature