Bill Text: TX SB2147 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [SB2147 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2147-Engrossed.html
| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 2147 | |
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| relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and | ||
| the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar | ||
| preservation district by certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 211.0165, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) This subsection applies only to a property located in a | ||
| municipality with a population of two million or more. | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law, this subsection applies regardless | ||
| of whether the municipality has established a process for | ||
| designating places or areas of historical, cultural, or | ||
| architectural importance and significance through the adoption of | ||
| zoning regulations or zoning district boundaries. The owner of a | ||
| property designated as a historic landmark or included within the | ||
| boundaries of a local historic district or other historic | ||
| preservation district authorized by ordinance may elect to exclude | ||
| the property from the designation or district by filing in the real | ||
| property records for the county in which the property is located an | ||
| acknowledged statement: | ||
| (1) describing the property by reference to a map or | ||
| plat of the subdivision; and | ||
| (2) stating that the owner elects to have the property | ||
| excluded from the designation or district. | ||
| (g) A statement filed under Subsection (f) must be filed | ||
| before the first anniversary of the date of the designation as a | ||
| historic landmark or inclusion in a historic district or other | ||
| historic preservation district. The exclusion of a property from | ||
| designation or inclusion takes effect on the filing of the | ||
| statement by the owner of the property. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 211.0165(f) and (g), Local Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, apply only to designation of a property | ||
| as a historic landmark or inclusion of a property within the | ||
| boundaries of a local historic district or other historic | ||
| preservation district authorized by ordinance 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. | ||
