Bill Text: TX SB2147 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [SB2147 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2147-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [SB2147 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2147-Introduced.html
| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 2147 | |
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| relating to the amendment of the designation of cultural or | ||
| historic districts in certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 211.0165, Texas Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) Within a municipality with a population of more than 1.8 | ||
| million the majority of which is located in a county with a | ||
| population of more than 3.8 million, that has not adopted city wide | ||
| zoning through a binding referendum pursuant to the City Charter, | ||
| an owner of property subject to inclusion within a district | ||
| designated under Subsection (a) or a designation made pursuant to | ||
| authority under Section 211.003(b), of a conservation district, or | ||
| similar district designation, excluding a historic district or | ||
| landmark designation pursuant to this section, may file in the real | ||
| property records of the county in which the property exists, before | ||
| one year after the date of designation by the governing body of the | ||
| municipality, an acknowledged statement describing the owner's | ||
| property by reference to a map or plat of the subdivision or other | ||
| legal description stating that the owner elects to have the | ||
| property deleted and excluded from the operation of the district. | ||
| Effective upon filing of the election, such property shall be | ||
| excluded from the operation of the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 211.0165(f), as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a designation made after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
