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89(R) HB 4753 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 4753
AN ACT
relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a
certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.909 to read as follows:
Sec.
214.909.
DOCUMENT VERIFYING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
(a) A municipality shall issue a document to the owner of a building
verifying that the municipality has issued an original certificate
of occupancy for the building if:
(1) the owner requests the document; and
(2)
the municipality has a record of issuing the
original certificate of occupancy for the building.
(b)
A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance,
regulation, or other measure that requires the owner of a building
issued a document described by Subsection (a) for the building to
obtain or display the original certificate of occupancy for the
building.
(c)
A municipality must allow the owner of a building to
display a document described by Subsection (a) issued for the
building in lieu of the building's original certificate of
occupancy.
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, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4753 was passed by the House on May 7,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 3 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4753 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor