HB4506 - Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes.

      H.B. No. 4506         AN ACT   relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal   zoning changes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 211.006(a-1), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a-1)  In addition to any notice required by this section or   Section 211.007, the governing body of a municipality or a zoning   commission, as applicable, shall provide written notice of each   public hearing regarding any proposed adoption of or change to a   zoning regulation or boundary under which a current conforming use   of a property is a nonconforming use if the regulation or boundary   is adopted or changed.  The notice must:                (1)  be mailed by United States mail or delivered   electronically to each owner of real or business personal property   where the proposed nonconforming use is located as indicated by the   most recently approved municipal tax roll and each occupant of the   property not later than the 10th day before the hearing date;                (2)  contain the time and place of the hearing; and                (3)  include the following text in bold 14-point type   or larger:          "THE [MUNICIPALITY NAME] IS HOLDING A HEARING THAT WILL   DETERMINE WHETHER YOU MAY LOSE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE USING YOUR   PROPERTY FOR ITS CURRENT USE.  PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY."          SECTION 2.  Sections 211.007(c) and (c-1), Local Government   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (c)  Before the 10th day before the hearing date, written   notice of each public hearing before the zoning commission on a   proposed change in a zoning classification shall be sent to each   owner, as indicated by the most recently approved municipal tax   roll, of real property within 200 feet of the property on which the   change in classification is proposed.  The notice may be served by   its deposit in the municipality, properly addressed with postage   paid, in the United States mail or by electronic delivery .  If the   property within 200 feet of the property on which the change is   proposed is located in territory annexed to the municipality and is   not included on the most recently approved municipal tax roll, the   notice shall be given in the manner provided by Section 211.006(a).          (c-1)  Before the 10th day before the hearing date, written   notice of each public hearing before the zoning commission on a   proposed change in a zoning classification affecting residential or   multifamily zoning shall be sent to each school district in which   the property for which the change in classification is proposed is   located.  The notice may be served by its deposit in the   municipality, properly addressed with postage paid, in the United   States mail or by electronic delivery .          SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 211, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 211.020 to read as follows:           Sec.   211.020.     ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICE. (a)   A   municipality may deliver notice electronically under this chapter   only if the recipient elects to receive notice electronically under   Subsection (b).           (b)     A municipality that intends to deliver notice   electronically under this chapter shall establish an online portal   on the municipality's Internet website through which a notice   recipient may:                 (1)     elect to receive notice electronically under this   chapter; and                 (2)     manage preferences for receiving notice   electronically under this chapter.           (c)     A municipality may deliver notice electronically by   e-mail or text message.           (d)     A municipality shall request that the recipient of a   notice delivered electronically under this chapter acknowledge   receipt of the notice.   The municipality must deliver the notice as   otherwise provided by this chapter if the recipient does not   acknowledge receipt of the notice delivered electronically.          SECTION 4.  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, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4506 was passed by the House on May   12, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4506 was passed by the Senate on May   20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor