By King of Parker H.B. No. 3130
77R9326 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to authorizing counties to regulate, after voter approval,
1-3 manufactured home rental communities in the same manner as other
1-4 subdivisions.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 232.007(b), Local Government Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (b) Except as provided by Section 232.0071, a [A]
1-9 manufactured home rental community is not a subdivision, and
1-10 Sections 232.001-232.006 do not apply to the community.
1-11 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
1-12 is amended by adding Section 232.0071 to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 232.0071. MANUFACTURED HOME RENTAL COMMUNITIES
1-14 REGULATED AS SUBDIVISIONS ON VOTER APPROVAL. (a) The commissioners
1-15 court of a county may order and hold an election in the county on
1-16 the question of granting the commissioners court the authority to
1-17 regulate manufactured home rental communities in the unincorporated
1-18 areas of the county in the same manner as the commissioners court
1-19 is authorized to regulate other subdivisions.
1-20 (b) For an election under this section, the ballot shall be
1-21 prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Granting
1-22 (name of county) the authority to regulate manufactured home rental
1-23 communities in the unincorporated areas of the county in the same
1-24 manner as the commissioners court is authorized to regulate other
2-1 subdivisions."
2-2 (c) If a majority of the votes received on the question at
2-3 the election approve the grant of authority, the commissioners
2-4 court may regulate manufactured home rental communities under this
2-5 subchapter in the same manner as the commissioners court regulates
2-6 other subdivisions.
2-7 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-8 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-9 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-10 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.