By Davis H.B. No. 1809 75R6261 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the expiration of certain municipal permits. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 215, Local Government Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 215.005 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 215.005. APPLICATION OF DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. (a) In 1-7 this section: 1-8 (1) "Existing business premises" means a business 1-9 premises that satisfied, at the time the business opened, the 1-10 requirements established by municipal ordinance regarding distance 1-11 from schools, churches, and other types of premises. 1-12 (2) "Special use permit" means a permit issued by a 1-13 municipality to an existing business that does not comply with the 1-14 requirements established by municipal ordinance regarding distance 1-15 from schools, churches, and other types of premises, to allow the 1-16 business to continue to operate for a specified time period. 1-17 (b) A municipality by ordinance may provide that a special 1-18 use permit issued by the municipality expires on the earlier of: 1-19 (1) the date specified by the special use permit; or 1-20 (2) the date of the sale or transfer of the premises 1-21 or the business on the premises. 1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.