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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation by counties of build to rent communities |
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and the regulation by certain counties of manufactured home rental |
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communities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 232.007, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c-1) This subsection applies only to a county that has a |
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population of more than 370,000, borders the Gulf of Mexico, and is |
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adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million. |
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Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and after complying with the |
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procedures described by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of |
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a county may establish additional minimum infrastructure standards |
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for manufactured home rental communities located in the |
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unincorporated area of the county. The standards established under |
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this subsection may include only: |
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(1) reasonable lot or space size requirements; |
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(2) reasonable road width requirements based on the |
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lot or space density of the manufactured home rental community; and |
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(3) reasonable ingress and egress access based on the |
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lot or space density of the manufactured home rental community. |
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(e) If the commissioners court adopts minimum |
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infrastructure standards for manufactured home rental communities, |
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the owner of land located outside the limits of a municipality who |
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intends to use the land for a manufactured home rental community |
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must have an infrastructure development plan prepared that complies |
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with the minimum infrastructure standards adopted by the |
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commissioners court under this section [Subsection (c)]. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 232.0075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.0075. BUILD TO RENT COMMUNITIES. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Build to rent community" means a plot or tract of |
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land that is separated into two or more spaces that contain a single |
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family dwelling and are rented, leased, or offered for rent or |
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lease, without a purchase option, for use and occupancy as |
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residences. |
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(2) "Single family dwelling" means having the |
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character of a detached one- or two-family dwelling with separate |
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means or egress, including the accessory structures of the |
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dwelling. |
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(b) A build to rent community is not a subdivision for |
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purposes of this chapter. |
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(c) Sections 232.001-232.006 do not apply to a build to rent |
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community. |
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(d) After a public hearing and after notice is published in |
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a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners |
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court of a county, by order adopted and entered in the minutes of |
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the commissioners court, may establish minimum infrastructure |
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standards for a build to rent community located in the |
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unincorporated area of a county. The minimum standards may include |
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only those standards allowed under Section 232.007. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act |
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applies only to a manufactured home rental community for which |
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construction begins on or after the date minimum infrastructure |
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standards adopted by the commissioners court as provided by Section |
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232.007(c-1), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, take |
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effect. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by Section 2 of this Act |
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applies only to a build to rent community for which construction |
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begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |