Bill Text: TX HB2175 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the review and comment procedure of certain regional planning commissions and metropolitan planning organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-08 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB2175 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2175-Introduced.html
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| By: Murphy | H.B. No. 2175 | |
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| relating to the review and comment procedure of certain regional | ||
| planning commissions and metropolitan planning organizations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 391, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 391.0085 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 391.0085. ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND COMMENT PROCEDURES FOR | ||
| POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a) This section applies to a commission that | ||
| includes a participating governmental unit located in a county with | ||
| a population of 3.3 million or more. To the extent permitted by | ||
| federal law, this section applies to a metropolitan planning | ||
| organization located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or | ||
| more when performing duties similar to those described in this | ||
| section. | ||
| (b) The commission has the sole power and duty to carry out | ||
| review and comment procedures under Section 391.008, including: | ||
| (1) a review of a project's region-wide significance; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) a review of whether a project conflicts with a | ||
| regional plan or policy. | ||
| (c) In exercising its powers and duties under Section | ||
| 391.008, a commission may not: | ||
| (1) delegate a power or duty under that section, | ||
| including to a participating governmental unit; | ||
| (2) substitute the judgment, evaluation, or | ||
| prioritization of a participating governmental unit for the | ||
| judgment, evaluation, or prioritization of the commission; or | ||
| (3) treat a participating governmental unit | ||
| differently than another participating governmental unit, | ||
| including when reviewing, commenting, advising, or making a | ||
| determination under that section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
