By Farrar H.B. No. 424 75R1561 CAG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to building permit fees charged to certain nonprofit 1-3 corporations or organizations by certain municipalities. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 214.903 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 214.903. BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR CERTAIN NONPROFIT 1-8 ORGANIZATIONS. (a) This section applies only to a municipality 1-9 with a population of 1.8 million or more. 1-10 (b) A municipality may adopt rules relating to the issuance 1-11 of or cost of permits for construction or renovation of housing to: 1-12 (1) a community development corporation; or 1-13 (2) an organization that is exempt from taxation under 1-14 Section 501(a) or 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 1-15 (26 U.S.C. Sections 501(a) and (c)(3)). 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.