By:  Kuempel                                                      H.B. No. 1400


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain exemptions from requirements applicable to local permits. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 245.004(9), Chapter 245, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (9) regulations to prevent imminent destruction of property or injury to persons from flooding, that are [including regulations] effective only within a flood plain established by a federal flood control program and enacted to prevent the flooding of buildings intended for public occupancy; or SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members of each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.