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.
 
  ______________________________
  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.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor