Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB451 by Hancock (Relating to regulation of short-term rentals and short-term rental marketplaces by municipalities and counties.), As Engrossed
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to prohibit a municipality from adopting or enforcing a ordinance or regulation that expressly or effectively prohibits the use of property as a short-term rental. The municipality may adopt ordinances or regulations to address fire and building codes, health and sanitation, traffic control, and solid or hazardous waste and pollution control, subplatting requirements in a county near an international border, and permitting for short-term rentals including a reasonable fee for processing and administration.
A county shall apply a local law regulating land use to a short-term rental in the same manner as another similar property.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 332 Department of Housing and Community Affairs