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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of a proposed change to municipal zoning |
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classifications that is initiated by a municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 211.007, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: |
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(c-3) If the proposed change in zoning classification is |
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initiated by the municipality, the notice of the public hearing |
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under Subsection (c) must be: |
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(1) sent to each owner of real property within 500 feet |
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of the properties for which the change in classification is |
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proposed; and |
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(2) delivered by telephone call, text message, e-mail, |
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or mail unless that subsection requires the notice to be made in the |
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manner provided by Section 211.006(a). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a proposal to change a municipal zoning classification made on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |