85R10393 TJB-F
 
  By: Goldman H.B. No. 3701
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the notification requirements regarding certain
  proposed regulations and structures in an area near a military
  facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 397.005(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This subsection applies only to a defense community that
  [includes a municipality with a population of more than 110,000
  located in a county with a population of less than 135,000 and that]
  has not adopted airport zoning regulations under Chapter 241.  A
  defense community that proposes to adopt or amend an ordinance,
  rule, or plan that would be applicable in an area located within
  eight miles of the boundary line of a military base or defense
  facility shall notify the base or facility authorities concerning
  the compatibility of the proposed ordinance, rule, or plan with
  base operations. The defense community may enter into a memorandum
  of agreement with the military base or defense facility to
  establish a smaller area for which notification is required under
  this subsection. After providing notice required by this
  subsection, the defense community shall enter into a memorandum of
  agreement with the military base or defense facility to establish
  provisions to maintain the compatibility of the proposed ordinance,
  rule, or plan with base operations.
         SECTION 2.  Section 397.006, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 397.006.  CONSULTATION WITH OR NOTIFICATION TO MILITARY
  BASE OR DEFENSE FACILITY AUTHORITIES:  PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
  (a)  This section [Subsection (b)] applies only to a defense
  community that [includes a municipality with a population of more
  than 110,000 located in a county with a population of less than
  135,000 and that] has not adopted airport zoning regulations under
  Chapter 241.
         (b)  On receipt of an application for a permit as described
  by Section 245.001 for a proposed structure in an area located
  within eight miles of the boundary line of a military base or
  defense facility, the defense community reviewing the application
  shall notify the base or facility authorities concerning the
  compatibility of the proposed structure with base operations.
         (c)  [On receipt of an application for a permit as defined by
  Section 245.001 for a proposed structure that would be located in a
  controlled compatible land use area as defined by Section 241.003
  and may impact base operations, a defense community shall notify
  the base or facility authorities concerning the compatibility of
  the proposed structure with base operations.     This subsection
  applies only to a defense community that has not adopted airport
  zoning regulations under Chapter 241 and that:
               [(1)     is a county with a population of more than 1.5
  million that contains a municipality in which at least 75 percent of
  the county's population resides;
               [(2)     is a county with a population of 130,000 or more
  that is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1);
               [(3)     is located in a county described by Subdivision
  (1) or (2); or
               [(4)     is or includes a municipality that is located in a
  county with a population of more than 130,000 that borders the Red
  River.
         [(c-1)] A defense community [described by Subsection (c)] may
  enter into a memorandum of agreement with the military base or
  defense facility to establish a smaller area [in the controlled
  compatible land use area] for which notification is [under
  Subsection (c) would be] required under Subsection (b) [by the
  defense community].
         (d) [(c-2)]  After providing notice under Subsection (b)
  [(c)], a defense community shall enter into a memorandum of
  agreement with the military base or defense facility to establish
  provisions to maintain the compatibility of the proposed structure
  with base operations.
         (e) [(d)]  This section does not apply if a defense community
  is required to take immediate action on an application to protect
  the public health, safety, or welfare of residents of the defense
  community.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 397.005(c), (d), and (e), Local
  Government Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 4.  (a) Sections 397.005 and 397.006, Local
  Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an ordinance,
  rule, or plan proposed to be adopted or amended or an application
  for a permit for a proposed structure received on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         (b)  An ordinance, rule, or plan proposed to be adopted or
  amended or an application for a permit for a proposed structure
  received before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law on the date the ordinance, rule, or plan was proposed to be
  adopted or amended or the permit application was received, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.