78R2873 MXM-D
By: Brimer S.B. No. 303
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings
by municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1202.253 to read as follows:
Sec. 1202.253. LOCATION OF INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING AND
BUILDINGS. A municipality may adopt regulations regarding the
location within the municipality of industrialized housing or
buildings, including a regulation prohibiting the construction or
installation of industrialized housing or buildings in a
residential area.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.