Bill Text: TX HB370 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of outdoor lighting in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to County Affairs [HB370 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB370-Introduced.html
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By: Bell of Montgomery | H.B. No. 370 |
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relating to the regulation of outdoor lighting in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 240.911 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 240.911. OUTDOOR LIGHTING REGULATION IN CERTAIN | ||
COUNTIES. A county with a population of less than 75,000 that is | ||
adjacent to three counties with populations of more than 450,000 by | ||
order may regulate the installation and use of outdoor lighting. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |