TITLE: Relating to notice of arrest for certain activities occurring at property leased to a person operating a massage establishment.

SUMMARY: Relating to notice of arrest for certain activities occurring at property leased to a person operating a massage establishment.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to notice of arrest for certain activities occurring at property leased to a person operating a massage establishment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 125.0017, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by Chapter 1135 (H.B. 240), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 125.0017. NOTICE OF ARREST FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. If a law enforcement agency makes an arrest related to an activity described by Section 125.0015(a)(6), (7), or (18) that occurs at property leased to a person operating a massage establishment as defined by Section 455.001, Occupations Code, not later than the 14th day after the date of the arrest, the law enforcement agency may provide written notice by certified mail to [each person maintaining] the property owner of the arrest. SECTION 2. Section 125.0017, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by Chapter 858 (H.B. 2552), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is repealed. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an arrest that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. An arrest that occurred before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. 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.