86R11998 TJB-F
By: Paul H.B. No. 3477
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to enforce certain
municipal building regulations.
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 ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN
MUNICIPAL BUILDING REGULATIONS. (a) This section applies only to a
single-family residential structure.
(b) A municipality that issues a permit to improve a part of
a residential structure may not require the owner of the structure
to comply with a municipal requirement that is:
(1) applicable to another part of the structure that
is not being improved; and
(2) not necessary for the permitted improvement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.