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  89R1184 JG-F     By: Harris Davila, et al. H.B. No. 4626       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the   conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house   homeless individuals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 8, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 255 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 255.   CONVERSION OF PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES           Sec.   255.001.     SPECIAL HEARING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR   CONVERSION OF PROPERTY TO HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. (a) Except   as provided by Subsection (e), a municipality's governing body may   not approve the conversion of a property under the municipality's   control to provide housing to homeless individuals unless the   governing body holds a public hearing not less than 90 days before   the municipality begins the conversion. The governing body must   hold the hearing at a location within a one-mile radius of the   property.           (b)     Not later than 36 hours before a public hearing required   under Subsection (a) is held, a municipality's governing body must   provide notice of the hearing by mail to each residence and business   located within a one-mile radius of the property described by that   subsection.           (c)     If a municipality's governing body fails to comply with   this section, an individual who is entitled to notice under   Subsection (b) may bring an action for injunctive relief in a   district court in the county in which the property described by   Subsection (a) is located to prevent the conversion of the   property.           (d)     In the event of a conflict between this chapter and a   provision in a municipality's charter relating to the conversion or   notice of the conversion of a property described by Subsection (a),   this chapter controls.           (e)     This section does not apply to the conversion of a   property to provide temporary shelter or housing during a natural   disaster, declared state of emergency, or other life-threatening   public emergency.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 255, Local Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to the conversion of property described by   Section 255.001(a), Local Government Code, as added by this Act,   that is set to begin 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, 2025.