| 1 | 1 | | By: Bucy H.B. No. 4165 |
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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 protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and |
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| 9 | 9 | | boundaries. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 211.006(d), Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (d) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary other |
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| 14 | 14 | | than in a zoning classification affecting residential is protested |
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| 15 | 15 | | in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must |
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| 16 | 16 | | receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at least |
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| 17 | 17 | | three-fourths of all members of the governing body. The protest |
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| 18 | 18 | | must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of |
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| 19 | 19 | | either: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the area of the lots or land covered by the proposed |
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| 21 | 21 | | change; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the |
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| 23 | 23 | | area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that |
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| 24 | 24 | | area. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d-1) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary in a |
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| 26 | 26 | | zoning classification affecting residential is protested in |
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| 27 | 27 | | accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must receive, |
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| 28 | 28 | | in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of a majority of all |
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| 29 | 29 | | members of the governing body. The protest must be written and |
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| 30 | 30 | | signed by the owners of at least 50 percent of either: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) the area of the lots or land covered by the proposed |
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| 32 | 32 | | change; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the |
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| 34 | 34 | | area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that |
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| 35 | 35 | | area. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 37 | 37 | | a proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or zoning |
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| 38 | 38 | | district boundary for which notice is given on or after the |
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| 39 | 39 | | effective date of this Act. A proposal to change a municipal zoning |
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| 40 | 40 | | regulation or zoning district boundary for which notice is given |
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| 41 | 41 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 42 | 42 | | effect on the date the notice was given, and the former law is |
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| 43 | 43 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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