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	Amend CSSB 848 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	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 found by a political subdivision to be 
necessary to protect clean and safe drinking water or to prevent the 
degradation of water quality of an aquifer that serves as a source 
of the political subdivision's drinking water supply.