86R8596 ADM-F
By: Powell S.B. No. 1470
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a political subdivision's adoption of zoning
regulations for certain coin-operated machines.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2153.452, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2153.452. ZONING. A [(a) For purposes of zoning, a]
political subdivision of this state may adopt zoning regulations to
govern [shall treat] the exhibition of a music or skill or pleasure
coin-operated machine [in the same manner as the political
subdivision treats the principal use of the property where the
machine is exhibited].
[(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a municipality from
restricting the exhibition of a coin-operated amusement machine
within 300 feet of a church, school, or hospital.]
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.