CPC H.B. 630 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


LAND & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
H.B. 630
By: Yarbrough
5-2-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 

Texas has seen problems in the urban areas and the surrounding counties of
its largest cities with sexually oriented businesses opening in areas that
are not zoned.  Changes are being made throughout the Codes and Statutes
relating to distance of the location of these types of establishments. 

PURPOSE

CSHB 630 will amend Section 243.006 of the Local Government Code by adding
subsection (c). This new subsection will give the governing authority in a
municipality or a county the authority to adopt regulations of distance
for a sexually oriented business. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sec. 243.006, Local Gov. Code, by adding subsection (c)
as follows: 

 (c) provides that a municipality or county, in  addition to any other
regulation adopted under this chapter, the authority to regulate the
location of a sexually oriented business within 1500 feet of a public or
private school, a church or other regular places of worship, a park, a
playground or athletic field, a day care or child care center, an adult
care center, a hospital or nursing facility, or an area determined by the
governing body of the municipality or county, that is used primarily as a
residential neighborhood.    

SECTION 2.  Emergency Clause.  Effective Date.