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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the power of certain municipalities to establish |
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performance standards for underground utilities, landscaping, tree |
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preservation and sign control in a neighborhood empowerment zone. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 378, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by the addition of a new Sec. 378.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 378.005. SCENIC ZONES IN CERTAIN UNZONED |
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MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In addition to other powers that a |
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municipality may exercise, a municipality to which this section |
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applies may establish performance standards for underground |
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utilities, landscaping, tree preservation and sign control within a |
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neighborhood empowerment zone. |
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(b) This section is applicable to an un-zoned municipality |
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with a population of 50,000 or more that is located in a county with |
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a population of 450,000 or more and includes within its |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction portions of a water supply reservoir |
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and lake that covers in excess of 20,000 acres. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |