Bill Text: TX SB1466 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate state licensees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Left pending in committee [SB1466 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1466-Introduced.html
| By: Estes | S.B. No. 1466 | |
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| relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate state | ||
| licensees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF STATE LICENSEES. | ||
| Sec. 229.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "State licensee" means a person or entity that, | ||
| under state law, in order to practice the person's occupation or | ||
| conduct the entity's business in this state, is required to obtain a | ||
| license, permit, registration certificate, or other evidence of | ||
| authority from, and is subject to regulation by, a state licensing | ||
| authority. | ||
| (2) "State licensing authority" means a state agency, | ||
| department, board, or commission or the executive or administrative | ||
| officer of a state agency, department, board, or commission. | ||
| Sec. 229.102. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF STATE LICENSEES. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding any other state law, including Section 51.001, | ||
| unless expressly authorized by state law, the governing body of a | ||
| municipality may not adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, or | ||
| regulation that establishes requirements for, imposes restrictions | ||
| on, or otherwise regulates the business activities of a state | ||
| licensee within the municipality or the municipality's | ||
| extraterritorial jurisdiction. | ||
| (b) A municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation that violates | ||
| this section is void and unenforceable. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
