78R8467 DRH-D
By: Hartnett H.B. No. 2466
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the costs of reviewing a development project that must
be approved by a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 212, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 212.904 to read as follows:
Sec. 212.904. COSTS FOR MUNICIPAL APPROVAL OF PLAT OR
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. For a development project that requires the
approval of a municipality, the municipality may not require a
developer or a third party to pay the legal fees the municipality
incurs in the review of the project.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.