86R13253 SCL-D By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2956 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of a county to regulate impervious cover in certain floodplains. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 240.910 to read as follows: Sec. 240.910. REGULATION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IN CERTAIN FLOODPLAINS. The commissioners court of a county may regulate, including by adopting zoning regulations, impervious cover located in the unincorporated area of the county and in the 100-year floodplain of perennial and intermittent streams and rivers. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.