Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R24106 TJB-D
2	2	By: Springer H.B. No. 1120
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1120:
4	4	By: Kuempel C.S.H.B. No. 1120
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue a
10	10	building construction permit or final certificate of occupancy for
11	11	a building or facility required to meet certain accessibility
12	12	standards; requiring a related study.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 469.102(d), Government Code, is amended
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	(d) A public official of a political subdivision who is
17	17	legally authorized to issue building construction permits may not
18	18	accept an application for a building construction permit for a
19	19	building or facility subject to Section 469.101 unless the
20	20	applicant submits verification to the official that:
21	21	(1) [official verifies that] the building or facility
22	22	has been registered with the department as provided by rule; and
23	23	(2) the plans and specifications for the building or
24	24	facility have been submitted to the department as required by
25	25	Subsection (c).
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 469.105, Government Code, is amended by
27	27	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
28	28	(c) A political subdivision may not issue a final
29	29	certificate of occupancy to the owner of a building or facility
30	30	described by Section 469.101 unless the owner provides to the
31	31	political subdivision a report or letter from a person or entity
32	32	described by Subsection (b) indicating that the building or
33	33	facility has been inspected by the person or entity and is in
34	34	compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
35	35	SECTION 3. (a) The Texas Department of Licensing and
36	36	Regulation shall conduct a study regarding the effects of the
37	37	changes in law made by Sections 469.102(d) and 469.105, Government
38	38	Code, as amended by H.B. 1120, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
39	39	Session, 2017.
40	40	(b) In conducting the study, the department shall compare
41	41	the effects of the changes in law in one municipality selected by
42	42	the department from each of the following categories to the effects
43	43	of those changes in the most populous municipality in this state:
44	44	(1) a municipality with a population of more than one
45	45	million that is not the most populous municipality in the state;
46	46	(2) a municipality with a population of 250,000 or
47	47	more but not more than 650,000; and
48	48	(3) a municipality located in a rural county with a
49	49	population of less than 50,000.
50	50	(c) The department must conduct the study in consultation
51	51	with the member of the house of representatives who introduced H.B.
52	52	1120, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, and the
53	53	chair of the House Committee on Licensing and Administrative
54	54	Procedures.
55	55	(d) Not later than November 1, 2018, the department shall
56	56	submit to the legislature a written report of the results of the
57	57	study.
58	58	(e) This section of this Act expires January 1, 2019.
59	59	SECTION 4. Sections 469.102(d) and 469.105, Government
60	60	Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a building or facility
61	61	for which an application for a building construction permit is
62	62	submitted to a political subdivision on or after the effective date
63	63	of this Act. A building or facility for which an application for a
64	64	building construction permit is submitted to a political
65	65	subdivision before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
66	66	law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
67	67	that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
68	68	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.