86R22578 TJB-F
 
  By: Paul H.B. No. 3477
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3477:
 
  By:  Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 3477
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a municipality to enforce certain
  municipal building regulations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows:
         Sec. 214.907.  LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN
  MUNICIPAL BUILDING REGULATIONS. (a)  This section applies only to a
  single-family residential structure.
         (b)  Except as required for participation in the National
  Flood Insurance Program, a municipality that issues a permit to
  improve a part of a residential structure may not require the owner
  of the structure to comply with a municipal requirement that is:
               (1)  applicable to another part of the structure that
  is not being improved; and
               (2)  not necessary for the permitted improvement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.