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| 1 | 1 | By: Kuempel H.B. No. 4320 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to restrictions on municipal regulation in certain areas. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 9 | 9 | by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 229.901. RESTRICTION ON MUNICIPAL REGULATION IN | |
| 12 | 12 | CERTAIN AREAS. Notwithstanding any other law, in an area in which | |
| 13 | 13 | the residents are ineligible or have only limited eligibility to | |
| 14 | 14 | vote in municipal elections, a municipality may not regulate an | |
| 15 | 15 | activity or structure that is regulated by this state. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |