By: Toth H.B. No. 2532
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the time for issuance of a municipal building permit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 214.904, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsections (b) and (d) and striking Subsection
  (c) to read as follows:
         Sec. 214.904.  TIME FOR ISSUANCE OF MUNICIPAL BUILDING
  PERMIT. (a)  This section applies only to a permit required by a
  municipality to erect or improve a building or other structure in
  the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
         (b)  Not later than the 30th [45th] day after the date an
  application for a permit is submitted, the municipality must:
               (1)  grant or deny the permit;
               [(2) provide written notice to the applicant stating
  the reasons why the municipality has been unable to grant or deny
  the permit application;] or
               (2) [(3)]  reach a written agreement with the applicant
  providing for a deadline for granting or denying the permit.
         [(c)  For a permit application for which notice is provided
  under Subsection (b)(2), the municipality must grant or deny the
  permit not later than the 30th day after the date the notice is
  received.]
         (c) [(d)]  If a municipality fails to grant or deny a permit
  application in the time required by Subsection (c) or by an
  agreement under Subsection (b)(2)[(3)], the municipality:
               (1)  may not collect any permit fees associated with
  the application; and
               (2)  shall refund to the applicant any permit fees
  associated with the application that have been collected.
         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, 2023.