Bill Text: TX SB796 | 2021-2022 | 87th 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [SB796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB796-Engrossed.html
| By: Schwertner, et al. | S.B. No. 796 | |
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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), the governing body of a municipality | ||
| may not approve the conversion of a property under the | ||
| municipality's control for the purpose of providing housing to | ||
| homeless individuals unless the governing body holds a public | ||
| hearing not less than 90 days before the municipality begins to | ||
| convert the property for that purpose. The hearing must be held 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, the governing body of a municipality | ||
| must provide notice of the hearing by mail to each residence located | ||
| within a one-mile radius of the property the municipality proposes | ||
| to convert for a purpose described by that subsection. | ||
| (c) If the governing body of a municipality fails to comply | ||
| with this section, an individual who is entitled to notice under | ||
| Subsection (b) may bring an action in a district court in the county | ||
| in which the property described by that subsection is located for | ||
| injunctive relief to prevent the conversion of the property. | ||
| (d) In the event of a conflict between this chapter and any | ||
| provision in the charter of a municipality relating to the | ||
| conversion or notice of the conversion of a property for a purpose | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
