By: Shapiro, Wentworth S.B. No. 1442

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read first time and referred to Select Committee on Open Government; April 12, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; April 12, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1442 By: Wentworth

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application requirements for a local project permit.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (a-1), Section 245.002, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a-1) Rights to which a permit applicant is entitled under this chapter accrue on the filing of a required [an] original application or plan for development or plat application that gives the regulatory agency fair notice that is sufficient to enable a reasonably prudent person to understand [of] the project and the nature of the permit sought. An application or plan is considered filed on the date the applicant delivers the application or plan to the regulatory agency or deposits the application or plan with the United States Postal Service by certified mail addressed to the regulatory agency. A certified mail receipt obtained by the applicant at the time of deposit is prima facie evidence of the date the application or plan was deposited with the United States Postal Service.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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