H.B. No. 3526
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application of a municipal building code to the
  construction of a solar pergola.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 214, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 214.221 to read as follows:
         Sec. 214.221.  REGULATION OF SOLAR PERGOLAS. A municipality
  may not apply a municipal building code to the construction of a
  solar pergola. 
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the construction of a solar pergola on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3526 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 12, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3526 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 19, Nays 12.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor