By: Toth H.B. No. 2532
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time for issuance of a municipal building permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 214.904, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (d) and striking Subsection
(c) to read as follows:
Sec. 214.904. TIME FOR ISSUANCE OF MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PERMIT. (a) This section applies only to a permit required by a
municipality to erect or improve a building or other structure in
the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(b) Not later than the 30th [45th] day after the date an
application for a permit is submitted, the municipality must:
(1) grant or deny the permit;
[(2) provide written notice to the applicant stating
the reasons why the municipality has been unable to grant or deny
the permit application;] or
(2) [(3)] reach a written agreement with the applicant
providing for a deadline for granting or denying the permit.
[(c) For a permit application for which notice is provided
under Subsection (b)(2), the municipality must grant or deny the
permit not later than the 30th day after the date the notice is
received.]
(c) [(d)] If a municipality fails to grant or deny a permit
application in the time required by Subsection (c) or by an
agreement under Subsection (b)(2)[(3)], the municipality:
(1) may not collect any permit fees associated with
the application; and
(2) shall refund to the applicant any permit fees
associated with the application that have been collected.
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, 2023.