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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 215.006

CHURCH PROVIDING OVERNIGHT SHELTER

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 1558), Sec. 1, eff

(a) In this section:

(1) "Church" means a facility that is owned by a religious organization and that is used primarily for religious services.

(2) "Religious organization" means an organization that meets the standards for qualification as a religious organization under Section 11.20, Tax Code.

(b) A municipality may not adopt an ordinance, or enforce an existing ordinance, that prohibits a church from providing overnight shelter for children 17 years of age and younger.

(c) A municipal ordinance or regulation that relates to the safe and sanitary operation of a homeless shelter for children applies to a church that provides overnight shelter for children.

(d) A municipality may adopt or enforce an ordinance establishing limits on the number of nights a child may use an overnight shelter provided by a church or on the number of children that can be housed in the shelter per night.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.