Bill Text: TX HB3526 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3526 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3526-Introduced.html

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88R13474 KBB-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 3526

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of a municipal or county 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. Subchapter Z, Chapter 233, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 233.902 to read as follows:
Sec. 233.902. REGULATION OF SOLAR PERGOLAS. A county may
not apply a building code to the construction of a solar pergola.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the construction of a solar pergola on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.