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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the ability of property owners to protest the adoption |
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of municipal zoning regulations and boundaries. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 211.006(d), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Following a protest, [If] a proposed initial regulation |
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or boundary or change to an existing regulation or boundary may |
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[change to a regulation or boundary is protested in accordance with
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this subsection, the proposed change must receive, in order to] |
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take effect only on[,] the affirmative vote of at least |
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three-fourths of all members of the governing body if the[. The] |
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protest is [must be] written and signed by the owners of at least 20 |
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percent of either: |
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(1) the area of the lots or land covered by the |
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proposed regulation or boundary [change]; or |
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(2) the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining |
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the area covered by the proposed regulation or boundary [change] |
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and extending 200 feet from that area. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |