TITLE: Relating to the authority of a municipality to allow a person to file an application to stop a nonconforming use of a property.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a municipality to allow a person to file an application to stop a nonconforming use of a property.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a municipality to allow a person to file an application to stop a nonconforming use of a property. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 211.019, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: (q) This section does not prohibit a municipality from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, regulation, or other measure that allows a person who resides or owns real property in the municipality to file an application to stop a nonconforming use of a property. SECTION 2. Section 211.019(q), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to an ordinance, regulation, or other measure adopted by a municipality on, before, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.