88R23180 DRS-F
 
  By: DeAyala H.B. No. 4057
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4057:
 
  By:  Burns C.S.H.B. No. 4057
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inclusion of a property in a conservation district
  by certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 211, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 211.0166 to read as follows:
         Sec. 211.0166.  EXCLUSION FROM CERTAIN CONSERVATION
  DISTRICTS.  (a)  In this section, "conservation district" means a
  local preservation district authorized by ordinance by a
  municipality described by Subsection (b) to preserve, maintain, and
  protect the physical elements of development and the community
  character and heritage of neighborhoods having distinctive
  characteristics and patterns of development.
         (b)  This subsection applies only to a property located in a
  municipality with a population of two million or more.
  Notwithstanding any other law, this subsection applies regardless
  of whether the municipality has established a process for
  designating places or areas of historical, cultural, or
  architectural importance and significance through the adoption of
  zoning regulations or zoning district boundaries. The owner of a
  property included within the boundaries of a conservation district
  authorized by ordinance may elect to exclude the property from the
  district by filing in the real property records for the county in
  which the property is located an acknowledged statement:
               (1)  describing the property by reference to a map or
  plat of the subdivision; and
               (2)  stating that the owner elects to have the property
  excluded from the district.
         (c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to:
               (1)  the designation of a property as a local historic
  landmark described by Section 211.0165(a); or
               (2)  the inclusion of a property within the boundaries
  of a local historic district described by Section 211.0165(a).
         (d)  A statement filed under Subsection (b) must be filed
  before the first anniversary of the date of the inclusion in a
  conservation district. The exclusion of a property takes effect on
  the filing of the statement by the owner of the property.
         SECTION 2.  Section 211.0166, Local Government Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to inclusion of a property within
  the boundaries of a conservation district authorized by ordinance
  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, 2023.