Bill Text: TX HB780 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to county and municipality zoning rules concerning the cultivation, production, dispensing, or possession of low-THC cannabis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB780 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB780-Introduced.html
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By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 780 |
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relating to county and municipality zoning rules concerning the | ||
cultivation, production, dispensing, or possession of low-THC | ||
cannabis. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 487.201, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 487.201. COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY ZONING RULES | ||
CONCERNING [ |
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CANNABIS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a municipality, county, | ||
or other political subdivision may enact: | ||
(1) reasonable zoning rules that limit the use of land | ||
for dispensing organizations or the cultivation or production of | ||
low-THC cannabis to specified areas; and | ||
(2) ordinances, orders, or other rules that regulate | ||
the time, place, and manner of dispensing organization operations. | ||
(b) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision | ||
may not enact, adopt, or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, | ||
resolution, or other regulation that prohibits or has the effect of | ||
prohibiting the cultivation, production, dispensing, or possession | ||
of low-THC cannabis, as authorized by this chapter. | ||
(c) A rule, ordinance, order, resolution, or other | ||
regulation that violates this section is void and unenforceable. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 487.201, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies to a rule, ordinance, order, | ||
resolution, or other regulation adopted before, on, or 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, 2017. |