89R8561 DRS-D
 
  By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 2913
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a municipality to allow a person to
  file an application to stop a nonconforming use of a property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 211.019, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
         (q)  This section does not prohibit a municipality from
  adopting or enforcing an ordinance, regulation, or other measure
  that allows a person who resides or owns real property in the
  municipality to file an application to stop a nonconforming use of a
  property.
         SECTION 2.  Section 211.019(q), Local Government Code, as
  added by this Act, applies to an ordinance, regulation, or other
  measure adopted by a municipality on, before, or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.