H.B. No. 1922
AN ACT
relating to periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit
fees.
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 214.908 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.908. REAUTHORIZATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES. (a)
In this section, "building permit fee" means a fee charged by a
municipality as a condition to constructing, renovating, or
remodeling a structure.
(b) A building permit fee is abolished on the 10th
anniversary after the date the fee is adopted or most recently
reauthorized under this section unless the governing body of the
municipality that adopted or reauthorized the fee:
(1) holds a public hearing on the reauthorization of
the fee; and
(2) reauthorizes the fee by vote of the governing
body.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1922 was passed by the House on April
19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1922 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor