By: Oliveira H.B. No. 3546
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the zoning authority of an eligible barrier island
municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 7 of the Local Government Code
is amended by adding Section 211.018, to read as follows:
Section 211.018. ZONING AUTHORITY OF AN ELIGIBLE BARRIER
ISLAND MUNICIPALITY
(a) An eligible barrier island municipality may, by vote of
its governing body, extend its zoning regulations to apply within
the entirety of its extra-
territorial jurisdiction.
(b) If an eligible barrier island municipality exercises
the authority granted in this section the zoning regulations of the
eligible barrier island municipality control over any County zoning
under Chapter 231, Subchapter B of this Code.
(c) An eligible barrier island municipality is defined as a
municipality that:
(1) Has a population over 2,000;
(2) Is located entirely on a barrier island in the Gulf
of Mexico; and
(3) Is located within 30 miles of an international
border.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.