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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to continuation of land use for an area containing a |
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| 8 | 8 | | permanent retail structure after municipal annexation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 43.002(e), Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) and until the 20th |
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| 13 | 13 | | anniversary of the date of the annexation of an area that includes a |
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| 14 | 14 | | permanent retail structure, a municipality may not prohibit a |
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| 15 | 15 | | person from continuing to use the structure for the indoor seasonal |
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| 16 | 16 | | sale of retail goods if the annexation became final on or after |
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| 17 | 17 | | January 1, 2017, and the structure: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) is more than 5,000 square feet; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) was authorized under the laws of this state to be |
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| 20 | 20 | | used for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods on the effective |
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| 21 | 21 | | date of the annexation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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