Stan Kitzman, Texas State Representative of the 85th district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/StanKitzmanTX/
Stan Kitzman, Texas State Representative of the 85th district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/StanKitzmanTX/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to land development regulation of communities using manufactured homes and motor vehicles for long-term residences by certain counties’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill modifies the regulations related to land development in certain Texas counties with populations between 56,250 and 57,800, affecting communities using manufactured homes and motor vehicles for long-term residences. It mandates that landowners outside municipal limits must prepare a subdivision plat when dividing tracts for parking motor vehicles as residences intended for rental or lease for 30 days or more. Furthermore, it allows commissioners courts in these counties to establish additional minimum infrastructure standards for manufactured home rental communities, including reasonable lot sizes, road widths, and ingress and egress access based on community density. These changes apply to any community construction starting on or after the adoption of such standards, with an effective date of Sept. 1, 2025.
Stan Kitzman, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Article III and member of the House Committee on Appropriations, proposed no more bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Kitzman graduated from Texas A&M University in 1988 with a BS.
Stan Kitzman is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 85th House district. He replaced previous state representative Phil Stephenson in 2023.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
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