Texas Local Government Code
§ 212.134 — NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS
LG § 212.134Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT · Art. E. MORATORIUM ON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
Statute text
View on source(a)Before a moratorium on property development may be imposed, a municipality must conduct public hearings as provided by this section.
(b)A public hearing must provide municipal residents and affected parties an opportunity to be heard. The municipality shall, not later than the 30th day before the date of a hearing:
(1)publish notice of the time and place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality; and
(2)send notice of the hearing by certified mail to any person who has given written notice by certified or registered mail to the municipal secretary requesting notice of the hearing within two years preceding the date of adoption of the ordinance or resolution setting the public hearing.
(c)The governing body of a municipality shall hold two public hearings on a moratorium on property development proposed to be adopted under this subchapter. The governing body may not hold the second public hearing before the 30th day after the date of the first public hearing.
(d)Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 414 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 3(1), eff. September 1, 2025.
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 414 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 414 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 3(1), eff. September 1, 2025.