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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standing for an appeal to a municipal board of |
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adjustment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 211.010(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), any of the |
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following persons may appeal to the board of adjustment a decision |
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made by an administrative official: |
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(1) a person who: |
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(A) filed an application that is the subject of |
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[aggrieved by] the decision; or |
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(B) is the owner of property that is the subject |
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of the decision; or |
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(2) any officer, department, board, or bureau of the |
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municipality affected by the decision. |
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SECTION 2. Section 211.010(a), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an appeal based on a decision |
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made by an administrative official on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. An appeal based on a decision made by an administrative |
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official before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the decision was made, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |