H.B. No. 1381
AN ACT
relating to the public hearing requirement for a preliminary zoning
report made by a zoning commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 211.007(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The zoning commission shall make a preliminary report
and hold at least one public hearing [hearings] on that report
before submitting a final report to the governing body. The
governing body may not hold a public hearing until it receives the
final report of the zoning commission unless the governing body by
ordinance provides that a public hearing is to be held, after the
notice required by Section 211.006(a), jointly with a public
hearing required to be held by the zoning commission. In either
case, the governing body may not take action on the matter until it
receives the final report of the zoning commission.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a proposal to change a municipal zoning classification made on or
after the effective date of this Act. A proposal to change a
municipal zoning classification made before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the proposal
was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1381 was passed by the House on April
19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 4, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1381 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor