Bill Text: TX HB1830 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of municipal zoning ordinances to certain open-enrollment charter schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB1830 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1830-Introduced.html
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| By: Bernal | H.B. No. 1830 | |
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| 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, | ||
| 2019; or | ||
| (2) was planned for a location in the municipality | ||
| before September 1, 2019, 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, | ||
| 2019. | ||
| (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, 2019. | ||
