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Committee adopts oral amendment to change 'shall' to 'may' in light-touch density bill after concerns from municipalities
Summary
House Bill 7113, a permissive bill allowing municipalities to adopt ‘light touch’ density plans, was amended in committee to replace a mandatory 'shall' with 'may' after lawmakers raised concerns about imposing new requirements on small towns.
The committee considered House Bill 7113, which creates a framework for municipal “light touch” density plans that make it easier to authorize duplexes, triplexes, and other low‑rise multifamily housing where water and sewer are available. Representative Corpus questioned whether the bill’s title—using the word “permitting”—is misleading because the draft is permissive, not mandatory.
Corpus asked specifically about lines 29–32 of the draft, which…
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