Bill Text: TX SB2318 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to require a person to obtain a building permit from the county for certain portable structures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to County Affairs [SB2318 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2318-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Campbell S.B. No. 2318
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 26, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 26, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to require a person to obtain
a building permit from the county for certain portable structures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 233, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 233.902 to read as follows:
Sec. 233.902. PORTABLE STRUCTURE FOR SALE OF SEASONAL
GOODS. Notwithstanding any other law, a county may not require a
building permit to construct, improve, or occupy a structure used
for the retail sale of seasonal goods if the structure is:
(1) portable; and
(2) smaller than 500 square feet.
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, 2019.
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