Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2318 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2019

                    86R9849 SMT-F
 By: Campbell S.B. No. 2318


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of a county to require a person to obtain
 a building permit from the county for certain portable structures.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 233, Local Government
 Code, is amended by adding Section 233.902 to read as follows:
 Sec. 233.902.  PORTABLE STRUCTURE FOR SALE OF SEASONAL
 GOODS. Notwithstanding any other law, a county may not require a
 building permit to construct, improve, or occupy a structure used
 for the retail sale of seasonal goods if the structure is:
 (1)  portable; and
 (2)  smaller than 500 square feet.
 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, 2019.