Texas § NR.31.163 - REZONING
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § NR.31.163 — REZONING, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ NR.31.163. REZONING
REZONING. (a) If the plan would require zoning inconsistent with any existing zoning or other land use regulation, the division or its designated representative may at any time submit a request for rezoning to the local government with jurisdiction over the real property in question. (b) The rezoning or variance request shall be submitted in the same manner as any such request is submitted to the affected local government; provided, however, the local government must take final action on the request no later than the 120th day after the date the request for rezoning or variance is submitted. (c) Failure by the local government to act within the 120-day period prescribed by Subsection (b) will be deemed an approval of the rezoning request by the local government. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 208, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 23, eff. June 20, 2003.
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Section NR.31.163 ("REZONING") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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