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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain requirements relating to municipal building |
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codes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 214.216, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Procedures established under Subsection (c) for |
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adopting local amendments to the International Building Code or any |
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other building code must include: |
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(1) the preparation of a cost-benefit analysis of each |
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amendment; and |
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(2) two public hearings on each amendment. |
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(g) The procedures identified by Subsection (f)(1) and |
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(f)(2) must be completed before any building code or building code |
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amendment is adopted. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |