Bill Text: TX HB852 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to information a municipality may consider in determining the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-21 - Effective immediately [HB852 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB852-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 852 |
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relating to information a municipality may consider in determining | ||
the amount of certain building permit and inspection 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 214.907 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 214.907. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN VALUE-BASED BUILDING | ||
PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES. (a) In determining the amount of a | ||
building permit or inspection fee required in connection with the | ||
construction or improvement of a residential dwelling, a | ||
municipality may not consider: | ||
(1) the value of the dwelling; or | ||
(2) the cost of constructing or improving the | ||
dwelling. | ||
(b) A municipality may not require the disclosure of | ||
information related to the value of or cost of constructing or | ||
improving a residential dwelling as a condition of obtaining a | ||
building permit except as required by the Federal Emergency | ||
Management Agency for participation in the National Flood Insurance | ||
Program. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 214.907(a), Local Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to a building permit or inspection | ||
fee assessed by a municipality on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act in connection with the construction or improvement of a | ||
residential dwelling. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 852 was passed by the House on April | ||
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 9, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 852 was passed by the Senate on May 8, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |