| 1 | 1 | | By: Vasut H.B. No. 2232 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to the regulation by counties of build to rent communities |
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| 9 | 9 | | and the regulation by certain counties of manufactured home rental |
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| 10 | 10 | | communities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 232.007, Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (e) to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c-1) This subsection applies only to a county that has a |
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| 16 | 16 | | population of more than 370,000, borders the Gulf of Mexico, and is |
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| 17 | 17 | | adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and after complying with the |
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| 19 | 19 | | procedures described by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of |
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| 20 | 20 | | a county may establish additional minimum infrastructure standards |
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| 21 | 21 | | for manufactured home rental communities located in the |
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| 22 | 22 | | unincorporated area of the county. The standards established under |
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| 23 | 23 | | this subsection may include only: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) reasonable lot or space size requirements; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) reasonable road width requirements based on the |
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| 26 | 26 | | lot or space density of the manufactured home rental community; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) reasonable ingress and egress access based on the |
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| 28 | 28 | | lot or space density of the manufactured home rental community. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (e) If the commissioners court adopts minimum |
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| 30 | 30 | | infrastructure standards for manufactured home rental communities, |
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| 31 | 31 | | the owner of land located outside the limits of a municipality who |
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| 32 | 32 | | intends to use the land for a manufactured home rental community |
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| 33 | 33 | | must have an infrastructure development plan prepared that complies |
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| 34 | 34 | | with the minimum infrastructure standards adopted by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | commissioners court under this section [Subsection (c)]. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 37 | 37 | | by adding Section 232.0075 to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 232.0075. BUILD TO RENT COMMUNITIES. (a) In this |
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| 39 | 39 | | section: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) "Build to rent community" means a plot or tract of |
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| 41 | 41 | | land that is separated into two or more spaces that contain a single |
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| 42 | 42 | | family dwelling and are rented, leased, or offered for rent or |
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| 43 | 43 | | lease, without a purchase option, for use and occupancy as |
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| 44 | 44 | | residences. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) "Single family dwelling" means having the |
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| 46 | 46 | | character of a detached one- or two-family dwelling with separate |
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| 47 | 47 | | means or egress, including the accessory structures of the |
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| 48 | 48 | | dwelling. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) A build to rent community is not a subdivision for |
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| 50 | 50 | | purposes of this chapter. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) Sections 232.001-232.006 do not apply to a build to rent |
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| 52 | 52 | | community. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (d) After a public hearing and after notice is published in |
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| 54 | 54 | | a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners |
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| 55 | 55 | | court of a county, by order adopted and entered in the minutes of |
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| 56 | 56 | | the commissioners court, may establish minimum infrastructure |
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| 57 | 57 | | standards for a build to rent community located in the |
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| 58 | 58 | | unincorporated area of a county. The minimum standards may include |
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| 59 | 59 | | only those standards allowed under Section 232.007. |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act |
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| 61 | 61 | | applies only to a manufactured home rental community for which |
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| 62 | 62 | | construction begins on or after the date minimum infrastructure |
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| 63 | 63 | | standards adopted by the commissioners court as provided by Section |
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| 64 | 64 | | 232.007(c-1), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, take |
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| 65 | 65 | | effect. |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by Section 2 of this Act |
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| 67 | 67 | | applies only to a build to rent community for which construction |
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| 68 | 68 | | begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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