Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 212.139 · Subchapter E. MORATORIUM ON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
LIMITATION ON MORATORIUM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A moratorium adopted under this subchapter does not affect an application for a project in progress under Chapter 245.
(b) A municipality may not adopt a moratorium under this subchapter that:
(1) prohibits a person from filing or processing an application for a project in progress under Chapter 245; or
(2) prohibits or delays the processing of an application for zoning filed before the effective date of the moratorium.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1321 (H.B. 3461), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm
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