Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R5113 DNC-D
2	2	By: Campbell S.B. No. 1160
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to notice of changes to municipal zoning regulations and
10	10	boundaries.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Sections 211.006(a) and (d), Local Government
13	13	Code, are amended to read as follows:
14	14	(a) The governing body of a municipality wishing to exercise
15	15	the authority relating to zoning regulations and zoning district
16	16	boundaries shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing
17	17	the regulations and boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not
18	18	effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which
19	19	parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard.
20	20	Before the 30th [15th] day before the date of the hearing, notice of
21	21	the time and place of the hearing must be published in:
22	22	(1) an official newspaper;
23	23	(2) a newspaper designated for publication of notices
24	24	by the governing body of the municipality; or
25	25	(3) a newspaper that has a mailed or delivered
26	26	circulation of at least 51 percent of the residences in the
27	27	municipality [or a newspaper of general circulation in the
28	28	municipality].
29	29	(d) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary is
30	30	protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change
31	31	must receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at
32	32	least three-fourths of all members of the governing body. The
33	33	protest must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20
34	34	percent of either:
35	35	(1) the area of the lots or land covered by the
36	36	proposed change; or
37	37	(2) the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining
38	38	the area covered by the proposed change and extending 1,500 [200]
39	39	feet from that area.
40	40	SECTION 2. Section 211.007, Local Government Code, is
41	41	amended by amending Subsections (c) and (c-1) to read as follows:
42	42	(c) Before the 30th [10th] day before the hearing date,
43	43	written notice of each public hearing before the zoning commission
44	44	on a proposed change in a zoning classification shall be sent to
45	45	each owner [, as indicated by the most recently approved municipal
46	46	tax roll,] of real property located inside or outside the
47	47	boundaries of the municipality that is within 1,500 [200] feet of
48	48	the property on which the change in classification is proposed. The
49	49	notice may be served by its deposit in the municipality, properly
50	50	addressed with postage paid, in the United States mail. If the
51	51	property within 1,500 [200] feet of the property on which the change
52	52	is proposed is located in territory annexed to the municipality and
53	53	is not included on the most recently approved municipal tax roll,
54	54	the notice shall be given in the manner provided by Section
55	55	211.006(a).
56	56	(c-1) Before the 30th [10th] day before the hearing date,
57	57	written notice of each public hearing before the zoning commission
58	58	on a proposed change in a zoning classification affecting
59	59	residential or multifamily zoning shall be sent:
60	60	(1) by its deposit in the municipality, properly
61	61	addressed with postage paid, in the United States mail to:
62	62	(A) each school district in which the property
63	63	for which the change in classification is proposed is located; and
64	64	(B) each open-enrollment charter school and
65	65	general hospital, as defined by Section 241.003, Health and Safety
66	66	Code, within 1,500 feet of the property on which the change is
67	67	proposed; and
68	68	(2) to the fire department and police department of
69	69	the municipality [. The notice may be served by its deposit in the
70	70	municipality, properly addressed with postage paid, in the United
71	71	States mail].
72	72	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
73	73	to notice of a proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or
74	74	zoning district boundary given on or after the effective date of
75	75	this Act. A proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or
76	76	zoning district boundary for which notice is given before the
77	77	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
78	78	date the notice was given, and the former law is continued in effect
79	79	for that purpose.
80	80	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.