Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes, the official text

H.B. No. 4506

AN ACT

relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal

zoning changes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 211.006(a-1), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a-1) In addition to any notice required by this section or

Section 211.007, the governing body of a municipality or a zoning

commission, as applicable, shall provide written notice of each

public hearing regarding any proposed adoption of or change to a

zoning regulation or boundary under which a current conforming use

of a property is a nonconforming use if the regulation or boundary

is adopted or changed. The notice must:

(1) be mailed by United States mail or delivered

electronically to each owner of real or business personal property

where the proposed nonconforming use is located as indicated by the

most recently approved municipal tax roll and each occupant of the

property not later than the 10th day before the hearing date;

(2) contain the time and place of the hearing; and

(3) include the following text in bold 14-point type

or larger:

"THE [MUNICIPALITY NAME] IS HOLDING A HEARING THAT WILL

DETERMINE WHETHER YOU MAY LOSE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE USING YOUR

PROPERTY FOR ITS CURRENT USE. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY."

SECTION 2. Sections 211.007(c) and (c-1), Local Government

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(c) Before the 10th day before the hearing date, written

notice of each public hearing before the zoning commission on a

proposed change in a zoning classification shall be sent to each

owner, as indicated by the most recently approved municipal tax

roll, of real property within 200 feet of the property on which the

change in classification is proposed. The notice may be served by

its deposit in the municipality, properly addressed with postage

paid, in the United States mail or by electronic delivery. If the

property within 200 feet of the property on which the change is

proposed is located in territory annexed to the municipality and is

not included on the most recently approved municipal tax roll, the

notice shall be given in the manner provided by Section 211.006(a).

(c-1) Before the 10th day before the hearing date, written

notice of each public hearing before the zoning commission on a

proposed change in a zoning classification affecting residential or

multifamily zoning shall be sent to each school district in which

the property for which the change in classification is proposed is

located. The notice may be served by its deposit in the

municipality, properly addressed with postage paid, in the United

States mail or by electronic delivery.

SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 211, Local Government

Code, is amended by adding Section 211.020 to read as follows:

Sec. 211.020. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICE. (a) A

municipality may deliver notice electronically under this chapter

only if the recipient elects to receive notice electronically under

Subsection (b).

(b) A municipality that intends to deliver notice

electronically under this chapter shall establish an online portal

on the municipality's Internet website through which a notice

recipient may:

(1) elect to receive notice electronically under this

chapter; and

(2) manage preferences for receiving notice

electronically under this chapter.

(c) A municipality may deliver notice electronically by

e-mail or text message.

(d) A municipality shall request that the recipient of a

notice delivered electronically under this chapter acknowledge

receipt of the notice. The municipality must deliver the notice as

otherwise provided by this chapter if the recipient does not

acknowledge receipt of the notice delivered electronically.

SECTION 4. 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.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4506 was passed by the House on May

12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4506 was passed by the Senate on May

20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor