Bill Text: TX SB1169 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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87R3233 SMT-F
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1169

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. Notwithstanding any other law, 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.
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.