81R3925 TRH-F
 
  By: Aycock H.B. No. 1560
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duty of certain municipalities to require an
  installer of an irrigation system to obtain a permit before
  installing the system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 401.006(a), Local Government Code, as
  added by Chapter 874 (H.B. 1656), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A municipality with a population of 20,000 or more by
  ordinance shall require an installer of an irrigation system:
               (1)  to hold a license issued under Section 1903.251,
  Occupations Code; and
               (2)  to obtain a permit before installing a system
  within the territorial limits [or extraterritorial jurisdiction]
  of the municipality.
         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, 2009.