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      By: Bucy H.B. No. 4165       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and   boundaries.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 211.006(d), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (d)  If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary other   than in a zoning classification affecting residential is protested   in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must   receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at least   three-fourths of all members of the governing body.  The protest   must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of   either:          (1)  the area of the lots or land covered by the proposed   change; or          (2)  the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the   area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that   area.           (d-1)     If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary in a   zoning classification affecting residential is protested in   accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must receive,   in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of a majority of all   members of the governing body.   The protest must be written and   signed by the owners of at least 50 percent of either:           (1)     the area of the lots or land covered by the proposed   change; or           (2)     the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the   area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that   area.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a proposal to change a municipal zoning regulation or zoning   district boundary for which notice is given on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A proposal to change a municipal zoning   regulation or zoning district boundary for which notice is given   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the notice was given, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.