89R21006 SCL-F     By: Orr, Hickland, Vasut, Lopez of Bexar, H.B. No. 24       Lalani, et al.     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 24:     By:  Gates C.S.H.B. No. 24       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or   district boundary.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 211, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 211.0011 to read as follows:          Sec. 211.0011.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "proposed   comprehensive zoning change" means a municipal proposal to:                (1)  change an existing zoning regulation that:                      (A)  will have the effect of allowing more   residential development than the previous regulation; and                      (B)  will apply uniformly to each parcel in one or   more zoning districts;                (2)  adopt a new zoning code or zoning map that will   apply to the entire municipality; or                (3)  adopt a zoning overlay district that:                      (A)  will have the effect of allowing more   residential development than allowed without the overlay; and                      (B)  will include an area along a major roadway,   highway, or transit corridor.          SECTION 2.  Section 211.006(a), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The governing body of a municipality wishing to exercise   the authority relating to zoning regulations and zoning district   boundaries shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing   the regulations and boundaries.  A regulation or boundary is not   effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which   parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be   heard.  Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, notice   of the time and place of the hearing must be:                (1)  published in an official newspaper or a newspaper   of general circulation in the municipality; and                (2)  if the municipality maintains an Internet website,   published on the municipality's Internet website.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 211, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 211.0061 to read as follows:          Sec. 211.0061.  PROTEST PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN PROPOSED   CHANGES.  (a)  This section applies only to a proposed change to a   zoning regulation or district boundary that is not a proposed   comprehensive zoning change.          (b)  A protest of a proposed change to a zoning regulation or   district boundary must be written and signed by the owners of:                (1)  at least 20 percent of the area of the lots or land   covered by the proposed change; or                (2)  at least 60 percent of the area of the lots or land   immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed change and   extending 200 feet from that area.          (d)  If a proposed change to a regulation or district   boundary is protested in accordance with Subsection (b), the   proposed change must receive, in order to take effect, the   affirmative vote of at least:                (1)  three-fourths of all members of the governing body   for a protest described by Subsection (b)(1); or                (2)  a majority of all members of the governing body for   a protest described by Subsection (b)(2).          SECTION 4.  Section 211.006(e), Local Government Code, is   transferred to Section 211.0061, Local Government Code, as added by   this Act, redesignated as Section 211.0061(c), Local Government   Code, and amended to read as follows:          (c) [(e)]  In computing the percentage of land area under   Subsection (b):                (1)  [(d),] the area of streets and alleys shall be   included; and                (2)  the land area is not calculated individually for   each tract of land subject to a proposed change in a zoning   regulation or district boundary but in the aggregate for all tracts   of land subject to the change.          SECTION 5.  Subchapter A, Chapter 211, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Sections 211.0063 and 211.0065 to read as   follows:          Sec. 211.0063.  NOTICE FOR PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE ZONING   CHANGES.  The notice described by Section 211.006(a) or 211.007(d),   as applicable, and Section 211.006(a-1) is the only notice required   for a proposed comprehensive zoning change.          Sec. 211.0065.  PRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY FOR CERTAIN CHANGES   TO ZONING REGULATIONS OR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.  A change to a zoning   regulation or district boundary that has the effect of allowing   more residential development than the previous regulation is   conclusively presumed valid and to have occurred in accordance with   all applicable statutes and ordinances if an action to annul or   invalidate the change has not been filed before the 60th day after   the effective date of the change.          SECTION 6.  Section 211.006(d), Local Government Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 7.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or district   boundary made on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.