H.B. No. 3526
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3526 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 12, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3526 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor