Bill Text: TX HB4033 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition of certain municipal requirements regarding sales of housing units or residential lots.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4033 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4033-Introduced.html

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By: Isaac H.B. No. 4033

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of certain municipal requirements
regarding sales of housing units or residential lots.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 214.905(a) and (b), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A municipality may not adopt or enforce a requirement in
any form, including through an ordinance or regulation or as a
condition for granting a building permit, that establishes a
maximum sales price for a privately produced housing unit or
residential building lot.
(b) This section does not affect any authority of a
municipality to[:
[(1)] create or implement an incentive, contract
commitment, density bonus, or other voluntary program designed to
increase the supply of moderate or lower-cost housing units[; or
[(2) adopt a requirement applicable to an area served
under the provisions of Chapter 373A, Local Government Code, which
authorizes homestead preservation districts, if such chapter is
created by an act of the legislature].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.