Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes municipalities and metropolitan governments to adopt a tiered system of monetary penalties for repeated violations of the same municipal ordinance by the same person or entity within a 12-month period. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 7.

Summary

The law lets home‑rule municipalities and metropolitan governments create a tiered schedule of monetary penalties when the same person or entity repeatedly breaks the same local ordinance within a year. The tiered system must be adopted through a local ordinance and must stay within the limits set by existing state law. It gives localities stronger tools to enforce their codes.

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