By: Huffines S.B. No. 55
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures for certain municipalities to adopt or amend
a national model building code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 214.217, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 214.217. PROCEDURES FOR [NOTICE REGARDING] MODEL CODE
ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
SECTION 2. Section 214.217, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection
(g) to read as follows:
(b) This section applies only to a municipality with a
population of more than 40,000 [100,000].
(e) The [On the written request from five or more persons,
the] governing body of the municipality shall hold a public hearing
open to public comment on the proposed adoption of or amendment to a
national model code under this section. The hearing must be held on
or before the 14th day before the date the governing body adopts the
ordinance that adopts or amends a national model code under this
section.
(g) On or before the 30th day before the date of a hearing
under Subsection (e), the governing body must publish a
cost-benefit analysis of the code or amendment that includes:
(1) estimations of the code's or amendment's:
(A) cost to the local economy;
(B) effect on tax revenue;
(C) effect on net growth in new development in
the municipality; and
(D) additional cost per unit of development in
each type of zoning use designated by the municipality; and
(2) for an amendment that addresses existing or
potential harm to health and safety:
(A) scientific evidence supporting the
probability or likelihood that the harm has occurred or will occur;
and
(B) scientific evidence supporting the
probability or likelihood that the amendment will prevent or
address the harm.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.