82R10020 SLB-F By: Oliveira H.B. No. 2732 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the application requirements for a local project permit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 245.001, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: (1) "Fair notice" means the minimum amount of information necessary to enable a reasonably prudent person to understand the general nature and objective of a project. (1-a) "Permit" means a license, certificate, approval, registration, consent, permit, contract or other agreement for construction related to, or provision of, service from a water or wastewater utility owned, operated, or controlled by a regulatory agency, or other form of authorization required by law, rule, regulation, order, or ordinance that a person must obtain to perform an action or initiate, continue, or complete a project for which the permit is sought. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 245.001, Local Government Code, apply only to an application for a permit submitted for approval on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a permit submitted for approval before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.