85R11708 PAM-F     By: Bernal H.B. No. 3573       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of municipal zoning ordinances to   certain open-enrollment charter schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.103, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to   read as follows:          (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided   by Subsection (d), a campus of an open-enrollment charter school   located in whole or in part in a municipality with a population of   20,000 or less is not subject to a municipal zoning ordinance   governing public schools.          (d)  Subsection (c) does not apply to a campus of an   open-enrollment charter school located wholly or partly in a   municipality adjacent to or surrounded by a municipality that:                (1)  has a population of one million or more; and                (2)  is primarily located in a county with a population   of 1.5 million or more.          (e)  A municipality exempt from the application of   Subsection (c) under Subsection (d) may not impose a municipal   zoning ordinance governing public schools on an open-enrollment   charter school that:                (1)  was located in the municipality on September 1,   2017; or                (2)  was planned for a location in the municipality   before September 1, 2017, provided that:                      (A)  one or more licenses, certificates, permits,   approvals, or other forms of authorization by the municipality were   required by law for the planned location; and                      (B)  a completed application for the initial   authorization was filed with the municipality before September 1,   2017.          (f)  For purposes of Subsection (e)(2)(B), a completed   application is filed if the application includes all documents and   other information designated as required by the municipality in a   written notice to the applicant.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.