Bill Text: TX HB3573 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of municipal zoning ordinances to certain open-enrollment charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB3573 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3573-Introduced.html
  85R11708 PAM-F
 
  By: Bernal H.B. No. 3573
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of municipal zoning ordinances to
  certain open-enrollment charter schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.103, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided
  by Subsection (d), a campus of an open-enrollment charter school
  located in whole or in part in a municipality with a population of
  20,000 or less is not subject to a municipal zoning ordinance
  governing public schools.
         (d)  Subsection (c) does not apply to a campus of an
  open-enrollment charter school located wholly or partly in a
  municipality adjacent to or surrounded by a municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of one million or more; and
               (2)  is primarily located in a county with a population
  of 1.5 million or more.
         (e)  A municipality exempt from the application of
  Subsection (c) under Subsection (d) may not impose a municipal
  zoning ordinance governing public schools on an open-enrollment
  charter school that:
               (1)  was located in the municipality on September 1,
  2017; or
               (2)  was planned for a location in the municipality
  before September 1, 2017, provided that:
                     (A)  one or more licenses, certificates, permits,
  approvals, or other forms of authorization by the municipality were
  required by law for the planned location; and
                     (B)  a completed application for the initial
  authorization was filed with the municipality before September 1,
  2017.
         (f)  For purposes of Subsection (e)(2)(B), a completed
  application is filed if the application includes all documents and
  other information designated as required by the municipality in a
  written notice to the applicant.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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