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.