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By: West S.B. No. 172
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement by a municipality of a license or permit
to occupy or lease a dwelling unit.
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. LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS OF
LICENSE OR PERMIT TO OCCUPY DWELLING UNIT. A municipality may not
require a tenant to acquire a license or permit issued by the
municipality as a condition for occupying or leasing an individual
dwelling unit in a single-family, duplex, or multifamily structure.
This section does not prohibit a municipality from requiring a
license or permit relating to the nonresidential use or the
condition of a dwelling unit.
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, 2011.