Bill Text: TX SB1214 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Urban Affairs [SB1214 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1214-Engrossed.html
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1214 |
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relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the | ||
conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house | ||
homeless individuals. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 8, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 255 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 255. CONVERSION OF PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES | ||
Sec. 255.001. SPECIAL HEARING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR | ||
CONVERSION OF PROPERTY TO HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. (a) Except | ||
as provided by Subsection (e), a municipality's governing body may | ||
not approve the conversion of a property under the municipality's | ||
control to provide housing to homeless individuals unless the | ||
governing body holds a public hearing not less than 90 days before | ||
the municipality begins the conversion. The governing body must | ||
hold the hearing at a location within a one-mile radius of the | ||
property. | ||
(b) Not later than 36 hours before a public hearing required | ||
under Subsection (a) is held, a municipality's governing body must | ||
provide notice of the hearing by mail to each residence and business | ||
located within a one-mile radius of the property described by that | ||
subsection. | ||
(c) If a municipality's governing body fails to comply with | ||
this section, an individual who is entitled to notice under | ||
Subsection (b) may bring an action for injunctive relief in a | ||
district court in the county in which the property described by | ||
Subsection (a) is located to prevent the conversion of the | ||
property. | ||
(d) In the event of a conflict between this chapter and a | ||
provision in a municipality's charter relating to the conversion or | ||
notice of the conversion of a property described by Subsection (a), | ||
this chapter controls. | ||
(e) This section does not apply to the conversion of a | ||
property to provide temporary shelter or housing during a natural | ||
disaster, declared state of emergency, or other life-threatening | ||
public emergency. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 255, Local Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to the conversion of property described by | ||
Section 255.001(a), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, | ||
that is set to begin on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |