Bill Text: TX HB1120 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue a building construction permit or final certificate of occupancy for a building or facility required to meet certain accessibility standards; requiring a related study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1120 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1120-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Springer | H.B. No. 1120 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1120: | |||
By: Kuempel | C.S.H.B. No. 1120 |
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relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue a | ||
building construction permit or final certificate of occupancy for | ||
a building or facility required to meet certain accessibility | ||
standards; requiring a related study. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 469.102(d), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) A public official of a political subdivision who is | ||
legally authorized to issue building construction permits may not | ||
accept an application for a building construction permit for a | ||
building or facility subject to Section 469.101 unless the | ||
applicant submits verification to the official that: | ||
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has been registered with the department as provided by rule; and | ||
(2) the plans and specifications for the building or | ||
facility have been submitted to the department as required by | ||
Subsection (c). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 469.105, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A political subdivision may not issue a final | ||
certificate of occupancy to the owner of a building or facility | ||
described by Section 469.101 unless the owner provides to the | ||
political subdivision a report or letter from a person or entity | ||
described by Subsection (b) indicating that the building or | ||
facility has been inspected by the person or entity and is in | ||
compliance with the requirements of this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation shall conduct a study regarding the effects of the | ||
changes in law made by Sections 469.102(d) and 469.105, Government | ||
Code, as amended by H.B. 1120, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017. | ||
(b) In conducting the study, the department shall compare | ||
the effects of the changes in law in one municipality selected by | ||
the department from each of the following categories to the effects | ||
of those changes in the most populous municipality in this state: | ||
(1) a municipality with a population of more than one | ||
million that is not the most populous municipality in the state; | ||
(2) a municipality with a population of 250,000 or | ||
more but not more than 650,000; and | ||
(3) a municipality located in a rural county with a | ||
population of less than 50,000. | ||
(c) The department must conduct the study in consultation | ||
with the member of the house of representatives who introduced H.B. | ||
1120, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, and the | ||
chair of the House Committee on Licensing and Administrative | ||
Procedures. | ||
(d) Not later than November 1, 2018, the department shall | ||
submit to the legislature a written report of the results of the | ||
study. | ||
(e) This section of this Act expires January 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 469.102(d) and 469.105, Government | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a building or facility | ||
for which an application for a building construction permit is | ||
submitted to a political subdivision on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A building or facility for which an application for a | ||
building construction permit is submitted to a political | ||
subdivision before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |