86R4657 MP-F
By: Cyrier H.B. No. 2497
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standing for an appeal to a municipal board of
adjustment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 211.010(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), any of the
following persons may appeal to the board of adjustment a decision
made by an administrative official:
(1) a person who:
(A) filed an application that is the subject of
[aggrieved by] the decision; or
(B) is the owner of property that is the subject
of the decision; or
(2) any officer, department, board, or bureau of the
municipality affected by the decision.
SECTION 2. Section 211.010(a), Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an appeal based on a decision
made by an administrative official on or after the effective date of
this Act. An appeal based on a decision made by an administrative
official before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect on the date the decision was made, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.