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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time for issuance of a municipal building permit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 214.904, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (b) and (d) and striking Subsection |
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(c) to read as follows: |
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Sec. 214.904. TIME FOR ISSUANCE OF MUNICIPAL BUILDING |
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PERMIT. (a) This section applies only to a permit required by a |
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municipality to erect or improve a building or other structure in |
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the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
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(b) Not later than the 30th [45th] day after the date an |
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application for a permit is submitted, the municipality must: |
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(1) grant or deny the permit; |
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[(2) provide written notice to the applicant stating |
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the reasons why the municipality has been unable to grant or deny |
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the permit application;] or |
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(2) [(3)] reach a written agreement with the applicant |
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providing for a deadline for granting or denying the permit. |
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[(c) For a permit application for which notice is provided |
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under Subsection (b)(2), the municipality must grant or deny the |
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permit not later than the 30th day after the date the notice is |
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received.] |
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(c) [(d)] If a municipality fails to grant or deny a permit |
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application in the time required by Subsection (c) or by an |
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agreement under Subsection (b)(2)[(3)], the municipality: |
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(1) may not collect any permit fees associated with |
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the application; and |
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(2) shall refund to the applicant any permit fees |
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associated with the application that have been collected. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |