Bill Text: TX SB1169 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to require a person to obtain a building permit from the county for certain portable structures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-18 - Left pending in committee [SB1169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1169-Engrossed.html
By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1169 |
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relating to the authority of a county to require a person to obtain | ||
a building permit from the county for certain portable structures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 233, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 233.902 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 233.902. PORTABLE STRUCTURE FOR PERIODIC SALE OF | ||
RETAIL GOODS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), a county may not require a building | ||
permit to construct, improve, or occupy a structure used for not | ||
more than 60 days in a calendar year for the retail sale of goods if | ||
the structure is: | ||
(1) portable; and | ||
(2) smaller than 500 square feet. | ||
(b) This section does not prevent a county from enforcing a | ||
fire code adopted by the county or inspecting a structure for a fire | ||
or life safety hazard as authorized by other law. | ||
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, 2021. |