Bill Text: TX HB4148 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to municipal regulation of outdoor lighting; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB4148 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4148-Introduced.html
| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 4148 | |
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| relating to municipal regulation of outdoor lighting; creating a | ||
| criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 229, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING NEAR MAJOR | ||
| ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL REGULATION OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING | ||
| Sec. 229.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "outdoor | ||
| lighting" has the meaning assigned by Section 240.031. | ||
| Sec. 229.102. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING. (a) The | ||
| governing body of a municipality that has applied for or received | ||
| International Dark Sky Community designation by ordinance may | ||
| regulate the installation and use of outdoor lighting in the | ||
| municipality and municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. | ||
| (b) A municipality may only regulate outdoor lighting | ||
| constructed or renovated on or after the effective date of an | ||
| ordinance adopted under Subsection (a). | ||
| Sec. 229.103. ENFORCEMENT; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A | ||
| municipality may sue in any court to enjoin a violation of an | ||
| ordinance adopted under this subchapter. | ||
| (b) A person who violates an ordinance adopted under this | ||
| subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is | ||
| a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
