88R9694 SCL-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2082       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with   pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious   animus; providing a civil penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 4, Property Code, is amended by adding   Chapter 31 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 31.  CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN DISRUPTIONS OF QUIET   ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY          Sec. 31.001.  CIVIL PENALTY FOR DISRUPTION OF QUIET   ENJOYMENT OF RESIDENCE WITH CERTAIN HATE SPEECH. (a)  A person who   interferes with another person's quiet enjoyment of that person's   residence by distributing a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer that   demonstrates ethnic or religious animus is subject to a civil   penalty in an amount of $5,000.          (b)  The attorney general or a district or county attorney   may bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section.     The attorney general or district or county attorney may recover   reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the   action.          SECTION 2.  Section 31.001, Property Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer distributed on or   after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.