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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures for certain municipalities to adopt or amend |
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a national model building code. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 214.217, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 214.217. PROCEDURES FOR [NOTICE REGARDING] MODEL CODE |
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ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. |
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SECTION 2. Section 214.217, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection |
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(g) to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to a municipality with a |
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population of more than 40,000 [100,000]. |
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(e) The [On the written request from five or more persons,
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the] governing body of the municipality shall hold a public hearing |
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open to public comment on the proposed adoption of or amendment to a |
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national model code under this section. The hearing must be held on |
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or before the 14th day before the date the governing body adopts the |
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ordinance that adopts or amends a national model code under this |
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section. |
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(g) On or before the 30th day before the date of a hearing |
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under Subsection (e), the governing body must publish a |
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cost-benefit analysis of the code or amendment that includes: |
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(1) estimations of the code's or amendment's: |
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(A) cost to the local economy; |
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(B) effect on tax revenue; |
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(C) effect on net growth in new development in |
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the municipality; and |
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(D) additional cost per unit of development in |
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each type of zoning use designated by the municipality; and |
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(2) for an amendment that addresses existing or |
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potential harm to health and safety: |
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(A) scientific evidence supporting the |
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probability or likelihood that the harm has occurred or will occur; |
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and |
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(B) scientific evidence supporting the |
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probability or likelihood that the amendment will prevent or |
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address the harm. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |