2016 House Bill 5467

Revise halfway-house zoning restriction

Introduced in the House

March 15, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Pete Lucido (R-36)

To revise a law that restricts local zoning codes from excluding a criminal corrections “halfway house” for in a residential neighborhood, by allowing locals to restrict facilities with more than six residents from areas zoned for single family homes only.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance