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.