85R743 JTS-F     By: Huffines S.B. No. 636       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to procedures for certain municipalities to adopt or amend   a national model building code.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 214.217, Local Government   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 214.217.  PROCEDURES FOR [NOTICE REGARDING] MODEL CODE   ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.          SECTION 2.  Section 214.217, Local Government Code, is   amended by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection   (g) to read as follows:          (b)  This section applies only to a municipality with a   population of more than 40,000 [100,000].          (e)  The [On the written request from five or more persons,   the] governing body of the municipality shall hold a public hearing   open to public comment on the proposed adoption of or amendment to a   national model code under this section. The hearing must be held on   or before the 14th day before the date the governing body adopts the   ordinance that adopts or amends a national model code under this   section.          (g)  On or before the 30th day before the date of a hearing   under Subsection (e), the governing body must publish a   cost-benefit analysis of the code or amendment that includes:                (1)  estimations of the code's or amendment's:                      (A)  cost to the local economy;                      (B)  effect on tax revenue;                      (C)  effect on net growth in new development in   the municipality; and                      (D)  additional cost per unit of development in   each type of zoning use designated by the municipality; and                (2)  for an amendment that addresses existing or   potential harm to health and safety:                      (A)  scientific evidence supporting the   probability or likelihood that the harm has occurred or will occur;   and                      (B)  scientific evidence supporting the   probability or likelihood that the amendment will prevent or   address the harm.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.