LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 18, 2005

TO:	Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1599 by Madla (Relating to requirements for the adoption of local amendments to certain municipal residential construction codes.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would prohibit a municipality from adopting less stringent building requirements than those prescribed by the International Residential Code as it existed on May 1, 2001. A local amendment to building codes adopted before September 1, 2005 would be void except as it applies to a residential structure for which a municipal building permit or other municipal authorization for construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, or repair was required and approved before that date.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

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LBB Staff:

JOB, JRO, DLBa