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| 88_R | SB 985 | Read Bill | Paxton, Angela (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government Committee | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the method of providing notice for certain municipal zoning changes. | Reid’s input: It looks like SB 985 does eliminate some newspaper notice regarding zoning changes. As Mike pointed out, this notice is currently required when a zoning change occurs within 200 feet of annexed property that doesn’t appear on a municipality’s tax roll. Instead of newspaper notice, a municipality could just send written notice to the most recent address on the tax roll. I’m not sure how often that comes into play. This bill does not change the underlying newspaper notice requirement for zoning regulations and district boundaries in Sec. 211.006(a): Sec. 211.006. PROCEDURES GOVERNING ADOPTION OF ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. (a) The governing body of a municipality wishing to exercise the authority relating to zoning regulations and zoning district boundaries shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing the regulations and boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published in an official newspaper or a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. There is already some leeway given to municipalities in Sec. 211.007, regarding the manner of public notice when a zoning commission is involved: (d) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may, by a two-thirds vote, prescribe the type of notice to be given of the time and place of a public hearing held jointly by the governing body and the zoning commission. If notice requirements are prescribed under this subsection, the notice requirements prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c) and by Section 211.006(a) do not apply. |
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| 88_R | HB 3109 | Read Bill | Hernandez, Ana (D) | Failed: Licensing and Administrative Procedures | 2023.03.17 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to provision of notice by a vehicle storage facility through a Texas Department of Motor Vehicles electronic system. | Changes some notifications - monitor |
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| 88_R | HB 3492 | Read Bill | Stucky, Lynn (R) | Sent to Governor | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 0 | Relating to county and municipal authority to impose certain value-based fees and require disclosure of certain information related to subdivision construction. | 3/15/23: Reviewed HB 3492 again. The bill requires counties and municipalities to disclose information related to subdivision construction online. If no website, then publish it in the newspaper. The requirement is new, no newspaper notice is removed in the bill. The bill actually increases transparency. We removed the bill from our list.
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| 88_R | HB 3699 | Read Bill | Wilson, Terry (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 0 | Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats. | 3/15/23 Reviewed HB 3699 again. We concluded that the bill does not remove any current newspaper notice, but rather increases transparency in municipal approval of subdivision plans by putting certain documentation online. We removed bill from our list. |
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| 88_R | HB 4012 | Read Bill | Kitzman, Stan (F) (R) | Signed by Governor | 2023.05.26 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the administration of the electronic state business daily. | Converts Comptroller's State Business Daily into the Electronic State Business Daily. Watch this one CLOSELY! |
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| 88_R | SB 2067 | Read Bill | Bettencourt, Paul (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government | 2023.03.21 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment. | Meet with author to amend. Reid's review: There is a notice requirement for these sales in Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 647: The time and place of sale of real estate ... shall be ... published ... three consecutive weeks ...in newspaper. This bill gives commissioners courts authority to set rules for online auctions and might pose a threat to public notice. Have author add a provision that this bill does not trump the requirements of Rule 647. Companion is HB 1382 by Ana Hernandez. 3/21 met with Hernandez chief of staff - bill does not affect public notice.
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| 88_R | HB 4700 | Read Bill | Clardy, Travis (R) | Signed by Governor | 2023.05.21 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Nacogdoches County Hospital District. | Includes new newspaper notice. |
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| 88_R | HB 4717 | Read Bill | Cortez, Philip (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.22 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that provide child care. | This bill preserves newspaper notice to establish such a tax. The bill requires an election to conform to Section 775.018, which cross-references Elections Code 4.003, and that section requires newspaper notice. This bill would require more disclosure in the notice, but wouldn’t change the newspaper requirement |
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| 88_R | hb 4852 | Read Bill | Harrison, Brian (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the form of a notice of public hearing on a proposed ad valorem tax rate. |
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| 88_R | HB 4844 | Read Bill | Herrero, Abel (D) | Passed: Filed without signature by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of a broker for the sale of real property by the Nueces County Hospital District. | Contains Newspaper Notice - Monitor |
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| 88_R | SB 2056 | Read Bill | Hinojosa, Chuy (D) | See companion HB 4844 sent to governor | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of a broker for the sale of real property by the Nueces County Hospital District. | Contains newspaper notice - Monitor Companion is HB 4844 |
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| 88_R | SB 2557 | Read Bill | Middleton, Mayes (F) (R) | Failed: Filed | 03/10/2023 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to infrastructure planning and lot frontages in the unincorporated area of certain counties. | Contains Newspaper Notice - Monitor |
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| 88_R | SB 2431 | Read Bill | Bettencourt, Paul (R) | Failed: Referred to Senate Local Government | 2023.04.05 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District. | Contains newspaper notice - Monitor |
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| 88_R | SB 2370 | Campbell, Donna (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the provision of emergency services in Comal County Water Improvement District No. 3. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Amendments add bracketing, but retain notice. |
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| 88_R | SB 2301 | Read Bill | West, Royce (D) | Failed: Referred to Education | 2023.03.22 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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| 88_R | HB 4943 | Read Bill | Kitzman, Stan (F) (R) | Failed: Passed House on Local Calendar | 2023.04.28 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the election of directors in certain special utility districts. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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| 88_R | HB 4991 | Read Bill | Oliverson, Tom (R) | Failed: Referred to Land & Resource Management | 2023.03.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the regulation of platting and subdivisions of land by a municipality or county. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Same as SB 2037 by Bettencourt |
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| 88_R | HB 5134 | Read Bill | Bell, Cecil (R) | Failed: Referred to House Ways and Means | 2023.03.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Same as HB 215, HJR 196 |
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| 88_R | HJR 196 | Read Bill | Bell, Cecil (R) | Referred to House Ways and Means | 2023.03.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Same as HB 215, HB 5134, HJR 13 |
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| 88_R | HJR 13 | Read Bill | Johnson, Jarvis (D) | Filed | 2022.11.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | Contains newspaper notice - Monitor Same as SB 215, SB 5124, HJR 196 |