By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 177
	(In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2005; February 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; February 28, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; 
February 28, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 177                                    By:  Brimer


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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