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HB5489 • 2025

Relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact fee.

Relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact fee.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dyson
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact fee.

Relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact fee.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact fee.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  6. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Land & Resource Management

  14. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact fee.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 5489 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R14959 JBD-F

By: Dyson

H.B. No. 5489

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a temporary moratorium on the imposition of an impact

fee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 395, Local Government

Code, is amended by adding Section 395.002 to read as follows:

Sec.

395.002.

TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON IMPACT FEES. (a)

Except as provided by Subsection (b), a political subdivision may

not impose an impact fee under this chapter on or after September 1,

2025.

(b)

A political subdivision may impose an impact fee

otherwise prohibited from being imposed under this section if:

(1)

the political subdivision pledged the specific fee

before September 1, 2025, for the payment of any debt; and

(2)

not imposing the fee would impair the obligation

of the contract by which the debt was created.

(c) This section expires August 31, 2029.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.