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Amend CSHB 3065 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering appropriately numbered SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.907. LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS OF
LICENSE OR PERMIT TO OCCUPY DWELLING UNIT. A municipality may not
require a tenant to acquire a license or permit issued by the
municipality as a condition for occupying or leasing an individual
dwelling unit in a single-family, duplex, or multifamily structure.
This section does not prohibit a municipality from requiring a
license or permit relating to the nonresidential use or the
condition of a dwelling unit.