HB 1742
AN ACT relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Modifies the threshold for protesting municipal zoning regulation changes by increasing the required percentage of property owners needed to challenge a proposed zoning modification. Instead of 20%, property owners must now represent at least 50% of the affected area or immediately adjoining land to successfully protest a zoning change. To pass a contested zoning change, city councils will now need a simple majority vote (instead of a three-fourths majority), making it slightly easier to approve zoning modifications despite property owner objections. The law will apply to zoning notices issued on or after September 1, 2025.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 211.006(d), Local Government Code, is (d) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary is protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of a majority [at least three-fourths] of all members of the governing body. The protest must be written and signed by the owners of at least 50 [20] percent of either: (1) the area of the lots or land covered by the (2) the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or zoning district boundary for which notice is given on or after the effective date of this Act. A proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or zoning district boundary for which notice is given before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the notice was given, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and
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