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Texas Senate committee hears bill to clarify enforcement of municipal zoning rules
Summary
Senate Bill 2,215 would clarify that property owners may seek mandamus, injunctive or declaratory relief against municipalities that fail to follow statutory zoning procedures and includes an express waiver of sovereign immunity for those enforcement actions; the committee left the measure pending after testimony.
Senator Campbell, sponsor of Senate Bill 2,215, told the Senate Committee on Local Government the bill would clarify how property owners may challenge municipal zoning actions.
"This bill reinforces private property rights by providing a clarification to the property owner's already existing right to challenge the validity of an ordinance by providing a clear and unambiguous waiver of immunity for claims brought against municipality," Senator Campbell said while explaining the committee substitute.
The measure, as discussed in committee, would convert the current draft into a Legislative Council draft and add language making explicit that enforcement of Chapter 211 zoning requirements…
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