S.B. No. 177




AN ACT

relating to the composition of a board of adjustment in certain 
municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 211.014, Local 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to a municipality with a 
population of 500,000 [1.18 million] or more.
	(b)  A board of adjustment shall consist of one or more 
panels of at least five members each to be appointed for terms of 
two years.  If more than one panel of the board is appointed, the 
board consists of the regular members of all of the panels.  The 
board may adopt rules for the assignment of appeals to a panel.
	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, 2005.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 177 passed the Senate on 
March 17, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 177 passed the House on 
April 29, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 
two present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor