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  By: Kuempel H.B. No. 4320
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to restrictions on municipal regulation in certain areas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER Z.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
         Sec. 229.901.  RESTRICTION ON MUNICIPAL REGULATION IN
  CERTAIN AREAS. Notwithstanding any other law, in an area in which
  the residents are ineligible or have only limited eligibility to
  vote in municipal elections, a municipality may not regulate an
  activity or structure that is regulated by this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.