BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3169

By: Guillen

Land & Resource Management

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been noted that certain businesses, such as fireworks retailers, operating outside of city limits have invested in purchasing or upgrading permanent buildings, but that due to recent changes in municipal annexation law, these businesses are in danger of failing to recoup their investments because of regulations in an annexing city such as those banning the sale of fireworks in the city. H.B. 3169 seeks to address this issue by providing for the continuation of certain land use for an area containing a permanent retail structure after municipal annexation.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3169 amends the Local Government Code to condition the time-limited prohibition against a municipality prohibiting a person from continuing to use certain permanent retail structures in an annexed area for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods on the annexation becoming final on or after January 1, 2017.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.