Bill Text: TX HB219 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements regarding a municipality's comprehensive plan for long-range development, including adoption of an environmental report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB219-Introduced.html
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By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 219 |
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relating to requirements regarding a municipality's comprehensive | ||
plan for long-range development, including adoption of an | ||
environmental report. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 213.003, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A comprehensive plan may be adopted or amended only by | ||
ordinance following: | ||
(1) a hearing at which the public is given the | ||
opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence; and | ||
(2) review by the municipality's planning commission | ||
or department, if one exists. | ||
(c) The governing body of a municipality that has adopted a | ||
comprehensive plan shall update the plan at least every five years. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 213, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 213.006 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 213.006. ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION REPORT. (a) As | ||
part of a municipality's comprehensive plan, the municipality's | ||
governing body must also adopt an environmental evaluation report | ||
that includes: | ||
(1) projections regarding adverse and beneficial | ||
environmental results that may be reasonably anticipated due to | ||
implementation of the comprehensive plan, including changes in air, | ||
water, and soil quality; | ||
(2) plans for the identification and monitoring of, | ||
and protection against, any adverse environmental results | ||
projected under Subdivision (1); and | ||
(3) either: | ||
(A) an assessment of the cost to remedy or | ||
mitigate any adverse results projected under Subdivision (1); or | ||
(B) a feasibility study of alternative planning | ||
that mitigates those projected adverse results. | ||
(b) The environmental evaluation report may include: | ||
(1) the organizational structure of community | ||
planning committees; and | ||
(2) the identification of best practices, procedures, | ||
processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, | ||
reviewing, and maintaining continuous improvement in environmental | ||
policy. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |