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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to enforce certain |
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municipal building regulations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 214.907. LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN |
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MUNICIPAL BUILDING REGULATIONS. (a) This section applies only to a |
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single-family residential structure. |
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(b) Except as required for participation in the National |
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Flood Insurance Program, a municipality that issues a permit to |
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improve a part of a residential structure may not require the owner |
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of the structure to comply with a municipal requirement that is: |
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(1) applicable to another part of the structure that |
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is not being improved; and |
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(2) not necessary for the permitted improvement. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |