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City briefs council on Austin developments: impact‑fee bill advances; lawmakers propose limits on street‑narrowing
Summary
Staff updated the council on state legislation: a Senate impact‑fee bill cleared the chamber and could displace local control on impact fee schedules; a reported proposal would limit local street‑narrowing projects used for multiuse paths.
City staff updated the College Station City Council on selected bills at the Texas Legislature and asked for continued municipal advocacy.
Ross Brady, chief of staff, reported that “yesterday, senator Bettencourt's impact fee bill, was approved by the Senate in a 26 to 5 vote.” Brady said the Senate version is likely to be taken by the House as a substitute for Representative Buckley’s companion bill; the measures would impose new procedural limits on how and when impact fees may be increased and would require a…
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