78R7544 DRH-D

By:  Hinojosa                                                     S.B. No. 1223


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restricting the ability of a county to require a building permit in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 233, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 233.901. COUNTY BUILDING PERMIT IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION PROHIBITED. A county may not require a permit to erect or improve a building or other structure in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, as defined by Chapter 42. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and applies only to an application for a permit submitted on or after that date. An application for a permit submitted before that date is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.