| 1 | | - | By: Fallon, Hall S.B. No. 855 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2019; March 1, 2019, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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| 4 | | - | Relations; April 3, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | | - | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | | - | April 3, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 855 By: Fallon |
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| 1 | + | 86R6428 SMT-F |
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| 2 | + | By: Fallon S.B. No. 855 |
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| 11 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 7 | | relating to information a municipality may consider in determining |
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| 14 | 8 | | the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees. |
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| 15 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government |
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| 17 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 12 | | Sec. 214.907. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN VALUE-BASED BUILDING |
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| 19 | 13 | | PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES. (a) In determining the amount of a |
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| 20 | 14 | | building permit or inspection fee required in connection with the |
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| 21 | 15 | | construction or improvement of a residential dwelling, a |
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| 22 | 16 | | municipality may not consider: |
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| 23 | 17 | | (1) the value of the dwelling; or |
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| 24 | 18 | | (2) the cost of constructing or improving the |
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| 25 | 19 | | dwelling. |
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| 26 | 20 | | (b) A municipality may not require the disclosure of |
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| 27 | 21 | | information related to the value of or cost of constructing or |
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| 28 | 22 | | improving a residential dwelling as a condition of obtaining a |
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| 32 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 214.907(a), Local Government Code, as |
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| 33 | 25 | | added by this Act, applies only to a building permit or inspection |
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| 34 | 26 | | fee assessed by a municipality on or after the effective date of |
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| 35 | 27 | | this Act in connection with the construction or improvement of a |
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| 36 | 28 | | residential dwelling. |
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| 37 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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