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| 1 | 1 | 87R5189 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1657 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to notice of proposed changes to municipal zoning | |
| 8 | 8 | classifications. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 211.007, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c-3) A zoning commission must give written notice of a | |
| 13 | 13 | public hearing before the commission on a proposed change in zoning | |
| 14 | 14 | classification to each owner of real property that is wholly or | |
| 15 | 15 | partly located in an unincorporated area of a county if the nearest | |
| 16 | 16 | property line of the property is located not more than two miles | |
| 17 | 17 | from the nearest boundary of the area for which the zoning | |
| 18 | 18 | classification change is proposed. The commission must provide the | |
| 19 | 19 | notice: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) not later than the 10th day before the date of the | |
| 21 | 21 | hearing; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) by United States mail, addressed to each owner of | |
| 23 | 23 | the property, as indicated on the most recently approved county tax | |
| 24 | 24 | roll. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 26 | 26 | a proposal to change a municipal zoning classification made on or | |
| 27 | 27 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |