Senate Bill 1062 and House Bill 3228, filed by Sen. Hancock and Rep. Muñoz, will give consumers the right to participate in title insurance rate hearings by providing standing to the public to appear as a party, to offer evidence at hearings, and to request a rate hearing be held to consider a rate change more frequently than every five years.
Squatter’s rights do not exist; property rights do.
On May 15, 2024, Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero testified before the Senate committee on the issue of “squatter’s rights.” McCaw Property Management (n.d., para 1) defines a squatter as “somebody who is living on a land or in a building that is either unoccupied, abandoned, or foreclosed without the legal consent of the...