89R12467 JBD-D     By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1883       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital   improvement plans, and impact fees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 395.043, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 395.043.  INFORMATION ABOUT LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND   CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC. At least 60 days [On   or] before the date of the first publication of the notice of the   hearing on the land use assumptions and capital improvements plan,   the political subdivision shall make available to the public its   land use assumptions, the time period of the projections, and a   description of the capital improvement facilities that may be   proposed.          SECTION 2.  Section 395.051(a), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The political subdivision, within 30 days after the date   of the public hearing on the imposition of an impact fee, shall   approve or disapprove the imposition of an impact fee.  Approval of   the imposition of an impact fee by a political subdivision requires   an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the governing   body of the political subdivision.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 395, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 395.0515 to read as follows:          Sec. 395.0515.  LIMITATION ON IMPACT FEE INCREASE. A   political subdivision may not increase the amount of an impact fee   for three years from the later of the date the fee was adopted or   most recently increased, if applicable.          SECTION 4.  Section 395.053, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 395.053.  HEARING ON UPDATED LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND   CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. The governing body of the political   subdivision shall, within 120 [60] days after the date it receives   the update of the land use assumptions and the capital improvements   plan, adopt an order setting a public hearing to discuss and review   the update and shall determine whether to amend the plan.          SECTION 5.  Section 395.054, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 395.054.  HEARING ON AMENDMENTS TO LAND USE   ASSUMPTIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, OR IMPACT FEE.  A public   hearing must be held by the governing body of the political   subdivision to discuss the proposed ordinance, order, or resolution   amending land use assumptions, the capital improvements plan, or   the impact fee.  At least 60 days [On or] before the date of the   first publication of the notice of the hearing on the amendments,   the land use assumptions and the capital improvements plan,   including the amount of any proposed amended impact fee per service   unit, shall be made available to the public.          SECTION 6.  Section 395.058(b), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The advisory committee is composed of not less than five   members who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governing   body of the political subdivision.  Not less than 50 [40] percent of   the membership of the advisory committee must be representatives of   the real estate, development, or building industries who are not   employees or officials of a political subdivision or governmental   entity.  [If the political subdivision has a planning and zoning   commission, the commission may act as the advisory committee if the   commission includes at least one representative of the real estate,   development, or building industry who is not an employee or   official of a political subdivision or governmental entity.  If no   such representative is a member of the planning and zoning   commission, the commission may still act as the advisory committee   if at least one such representative is appointed by the political   subdivision as an ad hoc voting member of the planning and zoning   commission when it acts as the advisory committee.]  If the impact   fee is to be applied in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the   political subdivision, the membership must include a   representative from that area.          SECTION 7.  Sections 395.043 and 395.054, Local Government   Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a land use assumption,   capital improvement plan, or impact fee that is the subject of a   public hearing required to be held by Section 395.042 or 395.053 of   that code, as applicable, that is held on or after the 90th day   after the effective date of this Act. A land use assumption,   capital improvement plan, or impact fee subject to a public hearing   that is held before the 90th day after the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 8.  Section 395.051(a), Local Government Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to the approval of the imposition   of an impact fee on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 9.  Section 395.0515, Local Government Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to the increase of the amount of an   impact fee that is adopted on or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 10.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.