81R8748 JE-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 3933
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the relocation of pawnshops.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 371.059, Finance Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), in [In] a county
with a population of 250,000 or more, the commissioner shall
approve an application for:
(1) an original license to operate a pawnshop at a
facility that is not an existing licensed pawnshop at the time the
application is filed if the proposed facility is not located within
two miles of a licensed pawnshop;
(2) the relocation of a licensed pawnshop to a
facility that is not an existing licensed pawnshop at the time the
application is filed if the facility where the pawnshop is to be
relocated is not located within one mile of a licensed pawnshop;
and
(3) the relocation of a licensed pawnshop if at the
time the application is filed the pawnshop has been in operation at
its current location for at least three years, and the facility
where the pawnshop is to be relocated is either within one mile of
its existing location or, if in excess of one mile from its existing
location, not within one mile of another existing operating
pawnshop.
(e) An application for the relocation of a pawnshop is not
subject to the requirements of Subsections (b)(2) and (3) if:
(1) the pawnshop is located in a redevelopment zone
designated by a municipality:
(A) with a population of more than 190,000; and
(B) that is adjacent to two municipalities with a
population of more than 500,000; and
(2) the pawnshop is relocating to a new facility that
is not in a redevelopment zone designated by a municipality
described in Subdivision (1).
(f) For purposes of this section, "redevelopment zone"
means an area designated by the governing body of a municipality for
a redevelopment initiative.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for the relocation of a pawnshop made on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application made before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
application was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.