86R2644 JTS-F
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 219
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements regarding a municipality's comprehensive
plan for long-range development, including adoption of an
environmental report.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 213.003, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) A comprehensive plan may be adopted or amended only by
ordinance following:
(1) a hearing at which the public is given the
opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence; and
(2) review by the municipality's planning commission
or department, if one exists.
(c) The governing body of a municipality that has adopted a
comprehensive plan shall update the plan at least every five years.
SECTION 2. Chapter 213, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 213.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 213.006. ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION REPORT. (a) As
part of a municipality's comprehensive plan, the municipality's
governing body must also adopt an environmental evaluation report
that includes:
(1) projections regarding adverse and beneficial
environmental results that may be reasonably anticipated due to
implementation of the comprehensive plan, including changes in air,
water, and soil quality;
(2) plans for the identification and monitoring of,
and protection against, any adverse environmental results
projected under Subdivision (1); and
(3) either:
(A) an assessment of the cost to remedy or
mitigate any adverse results projected under Subdivision (1); or
(B) a feasibility study of alternative planning
that mitigates those projected adverse results.
(b) The environmental evaluation report may include:
(1) the organizational structure of community
planning committees; and
(2) the identification of best practices, procedures,
processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving,
reviewing, and maintaining continuous improvement in environmental
policy.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.