Amend CSSB 574 on page 2, between lines 24 and 25, by 
inserting the following appropriately numbered section and by 
renumbering the remaining sections of the bill as appropriate:
	SECTION __.  Section 245.004, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 245.004.  EXEMPTIONS.  This chapter does not apply to:                    
		(1)  a permit that is at least two years old, is issued 
for the construction of a building or structure intended for human 
occupancy or habitation, and is issued under laws, ordinances, 
procedures, rules, or regulations adopting only:
			(A)  uniform building, fire, electrical, 
plumbing, or mechanical codes adopted by a recognized national code 
organization; or
			(B)  local amendments to those codes enacted 
solely to address imminent threats of destruction of property or 
injury to persons;
		(2)  municipal zoning regulations that do not affect 
lot size, lot dimensions, lot coverage, or building size or that do 
not change development permitted by a restrictive covenant required 
by a municipality;
		(3)  regulations that specifically control only the use 
of land in a municipality that does not have zoning and that do not 
affect lot size, lot dimensions, lot coverage, or building size;
		(4)  regulations for sexually oriented businesses;                            
		(5)  municipal or county ordinances, rules, 
regulations, or other requirements affecting colonias;
		(6)  fees imposed in conjunction with development 
permits;                  
		(7)  regulations for annexation;                                              
		(8)  regulations for utility connections;                                     
		(9)  regulations to prevent imminent destruction of 
property or injury to persons from flooding that are 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;
		(10)  construction standards for public works located 
on public lands or easements; [or]
		(11)  regulations to prevent the imminent destruction 
of property or injury to persons if the regulations do not:
			(A)  affect lot size, lot dimensions, lot 
coverage, building size, residential or commercial density, or the 
timing of a project; or
			(B)  change development permitted by a 
restrictive covenant required by a municipality; or
		(12)  regulations of a political subdivision that is 
wholly or partly located within the boundaries of a groundwater 
conservation district that consists of territory in eight or more 
counties.