TITLE: Relating to a political subdivision's adoption of zoning regulations for certain coin-operated machines.

SUMMARY: Relating to a political subdivision's adoption of zoning regulations for certain coin-operated machines.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a political subdivision's adoption of zoning regulations for certain coin-operated machines. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2153.452, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2153.452. ZONING. A [(a) For purposes of zoning, a] political subdivision of this state may adopt zoning regulations to govern [shall treat] the exhibition of a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine [in the same manner as the political subdivision treats the principal use of the property where the machine is exhibited].[(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a municipality from restricting the exhibition of a coin-operated amusement machine within 300 feet of a church, school, or hospital.] SECTION 2. 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.