79R2635 PAM-F

By:  Smith of Harris                                              H.B. No. 960



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate 
construction and renovation of structures owned by certain 
counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 245, Local Government Code, is amended 
by adding Section 245.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 245.007.  CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION WORK ON 
COUNTY-OWNED BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  
This section applies only to a building or facility that is owned by 
a county with a population of 3.3 million or more and is located 
within the boundaries of another political subdivision.
	(b)  A political subdivision may not require a county to 
notify the political subdivision or obtain a building permit for 
any new construction or any renovation of a building or facility 
owned by the county if the construction or renovation work is 
supervised and inspected by an engineer or architect licensed in 
this state.
	(c)  This section does not exempt a county from complying 
with the building standards of the political subdivision during the 
construction or renovation of the building or facility.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.