By: Dutton, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt)	H.B. No. 1922
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
	April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
	Government; May 2, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 2, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE VOTE
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	BettencourtX
	SpringerX
	EckhardtX
	GutierrezX
	HallX
	NicholsX
	ParkerX
	PaxtonX
	WestX
	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit
	fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 214.908 to read as follows:
	Sec. 214.908.  REAUTHORIZATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES. (a)
	In this section, "building permit fee" means a fee charged by a
	municipality as a condition to constructing, renovating, or
	remodeling a structure.
	(b)  A building permit fee is abolished on the 10th
	anniversary after the date the fee is adopted or most recently
	reauthorized under this section unless the governing body of the
	municipality that adopted or reauthorized the fee:
	(1)  holds a public hearing on the reauthorization of
	the fee; and
	(2)  reauthorizes the fee by vote of the governing
	body.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.
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