TITLE: Relating to the zoning authority of an eligible barrier island municipality.

SUMMARY: Relating to the zoning authority of an eligible barrier island municipality.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the zoning authority of an eligible barrier island municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 7 of the Local Government Code is amended by adding Section 211.018, to read as follows: Section 211.018. ZONING AUTHORITY OF AN ELIGIBLE BARRIER ISLAND MUNICIPALITY (a) An eligible barrier island municipality may, by vote of its governing body, extend its zoning regulations to apply within the entirety of its extra-territorial jurisdiction. (b) If an eligible barrier island municipality exercises the authority granted in this section the zoning regulations of the eligible barrier island municipality control over any County zoning under Chapter 231, Subchapter Bof this Code. (c) An eligible barrier island municipality is defined as a municipality that: (1) Has a population over 2,000; (2) Is located entirely on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico; and (3) Is located within 30 miles of an international border. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.