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  H.B. No. 1665
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the notification requirements regarding certain land
  use regulations in an area near military facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 397.005, Local Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 397.005.  CONSULTATION WITH OR NOTIFICATION TO DEFENSE
  BASE AUTHORITIES: PROPOSED ORDINANCE, RULE, OR PLAN.
         SECTION 2.  Section 397.005(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This subsection applies only to a defense community that
  includes a municipality with a population of more than 110,000
  located in a county with a population of less than 135,000 and that
  has not adopted airport zoning regulations under Chapter 241.  A
  defense community that proposes to adopt or amend an ordinance,
  rule, or plan in an area located within eight miles of the boundary
  line of a defense base [or the military exercise or training
  activities connected to the base] shall notify [seek comments and
  analysis from] the defense base authorities concerning the
  compatibility of the proposed ordinance, rule, or plan with base
  operations.
         SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 397.006, Local Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 397.006.  CONSULTATION WITH OR NOTIFICATION TO DEFENSE
  BASE AUTHORITIES: PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
         SECTION 4.  Section 397.006(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  On receipt of an application for a permit as described
  by Section 245.001 for a proposed structure in an area located
  within eight miles of the boundary line of a defense base [or the
  military exercise or training activities connected to the base],
  the defense community reviewing the application shall notify [seek
  comments and analysis from] the defense base authorities concerning
  the compatibility of the proposed structure with base operations.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 397.005(c) and 397.006(c), Local
  Government Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 6.  (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
  only to an ordinance, rule, or plan proposed to be adopted or
  amended under Section 397.005(b), Local Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, or an application for a permit for a proposed structure
  received under Section 397.006(b), Local Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  An ordinance, rule, or plan proposed to be adopted or
  amended under Section 397.005(b), Local Government Code, or an
  application for a permit for a proposed structure received under
  Section 397.006(b), Local Government Code, before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law on the date the ordinance,
  rule, or plan was proposed to be adopted or amended or the permit
  application was received, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  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, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1665 was passed by the House on April
  26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1665 was passed by the Senate on May
  29, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor