HB2737 - Relating to land development regulation of communities using manufactured homes and motor vehicles for long-term residences by certain counties.

  89R9933 SCL-D     By: Kitzman H.B. No. 2737       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to land development regulation of communities using   manufactured homes and motor vehicles for long-term residences by   certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 232.001, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:           (a-2)     This subsection applies only to a tract of land wholly   located in a county with a population of more than 56,250 and less   than 57,800.   The owner of a tract of land located outside the   limits of a municipality must have a plat of the subdivision   prepared if the owner:                 (1)     divides the tract into two or more parts to park   motor vehicles for use and occupancy as residences; and                 (2)     intends to rent or lease the parts for a term of at   least 30 days.          SECTION 2.  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 56,250 and less than 57,800.     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 3.  Section 232.007, Local Government Code, as   amended by 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.