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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedural requirements for a political subdivision |
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to adopt airport zoning regulations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 211.015(c) and (f), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The provisions [provision] of this chapter shall not be |
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construed to prohibit the adoption or application of any charter |
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provision of a home-rule municipality that requires a waiting |
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period prior to the adoption of zoning regulations or the |
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submission of the initial adoption of zoning regulations to a |
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binding referendum election, or both, provided that all procedural |
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requirements of this chapter for the adoption of the zoning |
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regulation are otherwise complied with. This subsection does not |
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apply to the adoption of airport zoning regulations under Chapter |
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241. |
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(f) The provisions of this section shall not authorize the |
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repeal of: |
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(1) an ordinance approving land-use regulations |
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adopted under the provisions of this chapter by a board of directors |
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of a reinvestment zone under the authority of Section 311.010(c), |
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Tax Code; or |
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(2) an ordinance approving airport zoning regulations |
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adopted under Chapter 241. |
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SECTION 2. Section 241.017, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A procedural requirement adopted or applied by a |
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political subdivision, including any requirement in the charter of |
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a home-rule municipality, that imposes a waiting period before the |
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adoption of a zoning regulation or requires the submission of a |
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zoning regulation to a binding referendum election does not apply |
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to this chapter. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |