By: Shapiro, Wentworth S.B. No. 1442
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read
first time and referred to Select Committee on Open Government;
April 12, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; April 12, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1442 By: Wentworth
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. Subsection (a-1), Section 245.002, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a-1) Rights to which a permit applicant is entitled under
this chapter accrue on the filing of a required [an] original
application or plan for development or plat application that gives
the regulatory agency fair notice that is sufficient to enable a
reasonably prudent person to understand [of] the project and the
nature of the permit sought. An application or plan is considered
filed on the date the applicant delivers the application or plan to
the regulatory agency or deposits the application or plan with the
United States Postal Service by certified mail addressed to the
regulatory agency. A certified mail receipt obtained by the
applicant at the time of deposit is prima facie evidence of the date
the application or plan was deposited with the United States Postal
Service.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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