By: Dutton, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 1922
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 2, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 2, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
BettencourtX
SpringerX
EckhardtX
GutierrezX
HallX
NicholsX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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