TITLE: Relating to limiting the applicability of municipal and county regulations affecting real property.

SUMMARY: Relating to limiting the applicability of municipal and county regulations affecting real property.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to limiting the applicability of municipal and county regulations affecting real property. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 250.008 to read as follows: Sec. 250.008. LIMITATION ON REGULATION OF REAL PROPERTY. A municipality or county may not enforce an ordinance, order, or other regulation the municipality or county adopted under this title on or after September 1, 2017, that prohibits or restricts the use or development of a property owner's property if the ordinance, order, or other regulation was not in effect on the date the property owner acquired title to the property. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.