HB2232 - Relating to the regulation by counties of build to rent communities and the regulation by certain counties of manufactured home rental communities.

      By: Vasut H.B. No. 2232       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the regulation by counties of build to rent communities   and the regulation by certain counties of manufactured home rental   communities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 232.007, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (e) to   read as follows:           (c-1)     This subsection applies only to a county that has a   population of more than 370,000, borders the Gulf of Mexico, and is   adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.   Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and after complying with the   procedures described by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of   a county may establish additional minimum infrastructure standards   for manufactured home rental communities located in the   unincorporated area of the county.   The standards established under   this subsection may include only:                 (1)  reasonable lot or space size requirements;                 (2)     reasonable road width requirements based on the   lot or space density of the manufactured home rental community; and                 (3)     reasonable ingress and egress access based on the   lot or space density of the manufactured home rental community.          (e)  If the commissioners court adopts minimum   infrastructure standards for manufactured home rental communities,   the owner of land located outside the limits of a municipality who   intends to use the land for a manufactured home rental community   must have an infrastructure development plan prepared that complies   with the minimum infrastructure standards adopted by the   commissioners court under this section [ Subsection (c) ].          SECTION 2.  Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Section 232.0075 to read as follows:           Sec.   232.0075.     BUILD TO RENT COMMUNITIES. (a)   In this   section:                 (1)     "Build to rent community" means a plot or tract of   land that is separated into two or more spaces that contain a single   family dwelling and are rented, leased, or offered for rent or   lease, without a purchase option, for use and occupancy as   residences.                 (2)     "Single family dwelling" means having the   character of a detached one- or two-family dwelling with separate   means or egress, including the accessory structures of the   dwelling.           (b)     A build to rent community is not a subdivision for   purposes of this chapter.           (c)     Sections 232.001-232.006 do not apply to a build to rent   community.           (d)     After a public hearing and after notice is published in   a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners   court of a county, by order adopted and entered in the minutes of   the commissioners court, may establish minimum infrastructure   standards for a build to rent community located in the   unincorporated area of a county.   The minimum standards may include   only those standards allowed under Section 232.007.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act   applies only to a manufactured home rental community for which   construction begins on or after the date minimum infrastructure   standards adopted by the commissioners court as provided by Section   232.007(c-1), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, take   effect.          SECTION 4.  The change in law made by Section 2 of this Act   applies only to a build to rent community for which construction   begins on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.