88R22090 KBB-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 3526
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3526:
By: Burns C.S.H.B. No. 3526
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of a municipal building code to the
construction of a solar pergola.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 214, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.221 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.221. REGULATION OF SOLAR PERGOLAS. A municipality
may not apply a municipal building code to the construction of a
solar pergola.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the construction of a solar pergola on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.