Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2130 amends the Local Government Code to specify that the law governing the issuance of local permits for land use, structures, businesses, and related activities does not apply to regulations to prevent the imminent destruction of property or injury to persons if the regulations do not affect lot size, lot dimensions, lot coverage, building size, residential or commercial density, or the timing of a project, or change development permitted by a restrictive covenant required by a municipality. The bill clarifies that the exemption for regulations to prevent imminent destruction of property or injury to persons pertains only to flooding. It prohibits a water district or regional aquifer authority from imposing permit requirements on or otherwise regulating a project in progress on the date the district or authority adopts any rule requiring a permit or authorization for a project to improve or develop land.