Bill Text: TX HB219 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements regarding a municipality's comprehensive plan for long-range development, including adoption of an environmental report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB219-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 219 | |
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| relating to requirements regarding a municipality's comprehensive | ||
| plan for long-range development, including adoption of an | ||
| environmental report. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 213.003, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) A comprehensive plan may be adopted or amended only by | ||
| ordinance following: | ||
| (1) a hearing at which the public is given the | ||
| opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence; and | ||
| (2) review by the municipality's planning commission | ||
| or department, if one exists. | ||
| (c) The governing body of a municipality that has adopted a | ||
| comprehensive plan shall update the plan at least every five years. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 213, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 213.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 213.006. ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION REPORT. (a) As | ||
| part of a municipality's comprehensive plan, the municipality's | ||
| governing body must also adopt an environmental evaluation report | ||
| that includes: | ||
| (1) projections regarding adverse and beneficial | ||
| environmental results that may be reasonably anticipated due to | ||
| implementation of the comprehensive plan, including changes in air, | ||
| water, and soil quality; | ||
| (2) plans for the identification and monitoring of, | ||
| and protection against, any adverse environmental results | ||
| projected under Subdivision (1); and | ||
| (3) either: | ||
| (A) an assessment of the cost to remedy or | ||
| mitigate any adverse results projected under Subdivision (1); or | ||
| (B) a feasibility study of alternative planning | ||
| that mitigates those projected adverse results. | ||
| (b) The environmental evaluation report may include: | ||
| (1) the organizational structure of community | ||
| planning committees; and | ||
| (2) the identification of best practices, procedures, | ||
| processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, | ||
| reviewing, and maintaining continuous improvement in environmental | ||
| policy. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
