86R12508 SCL-D
By: Guillen, Pacheco H.B. No. 3169
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to continuation of land use for an area containing a
permanent retail structure after municipal annexation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.002(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) and until the 20th
anniversary of the date of the annexation of an area that includes a
permanent retail structure, a municipality may not prohibit a
person from continuing to use the structure for the indoor seasonal
sale of retail goods if the annexation became final on or after
January 1, 2017, and the structure:
(1) is more than 5,000 square feet; and
(2) was authorized under the laws of this state to be
used for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods on the effective
date of the annexation.
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.