H.B. No. 1381

	AN ACT
	relating to the public hearing requirement for a preliminary zoning
	report made by a zoning commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 211.007(b), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The zoning commission shall make a preliminary report
	and hold at least one public hearing [hearings] on that report
	before submitting a final report to the governing body.  The
	governing body may not hold a public hearing until it receives the
	final report of the zoning commission unless the governing body by
	ordinance provides that a public hearing is to be held, after the
	notice required by Section 211.006(a), jointly with a public
	hearing required to be held by the zoning commission.  In either
	case, the governing body may not take action on the matter until it
	receives the final report of the zoning commission.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a proposal to change a municipal zoning classification made on or
	after the effective date of this Act.  A proposal to change a
	municipal zoning classification made before the effective date of
	this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the proposal
	was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1381 was passed by the House on April
	19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 4, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1381 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor