Bill Text: TX HB1885 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to restrictions on municipal regulation in certain areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-14 - Received from the House [HB1885 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1885-Engrossed.html
| By: Harris, Gates | H.B. No. 1885 | |
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| relating to restrictions on municipal regulation in certain areas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 42.905 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.905. RESTRICTION ON MUNICIPAL REGULATION IN CERTAIN | ||
| AREAS. (a) Notwithstanding other law, a municipality may not | ||
| regulate an activity or structure in an area in which the residents | ||
| are ineligible or have only limited eligibility to vote in | ||
| municipal elections. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to municipal regulation of | ||
| an activity or structure under: | ||
| (1) Section 341.0359, 364.0341, or 713.009, Health and | ||
| Safety Code; | ||
| (2) Chapter 216 or Section 43.0117, 212.002, 212.003, | ||
| 212.044, 215.003, 215.072, 217.042, 242.001, 242.002, 242.003, | ||
| 251.001, 273.001, 331.001, 341.903, 372.003, 377.002, 380.001, | ||
| 382.109, 386.002, 395.011, 551.002, 551.004, 551.005, 551.006, | ||
| 551.007, 552.001, or 552.011 of this code; | ||
| (3) Section 61.015, Natural Resources Code; | ||
| (4) Section 351.0025, Tax Code; | ||
| (5) Section 26.177, Water Code; or | ||
| (6) Article 1524e, Revised Statutes. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
