H.B. No. 852
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to information a municipality may consider in determining
  the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees.
         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 214.907 to read as follows:
         Sec. 214.907.  PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN VALUE-BASED BUILDING
  PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES.  (a)  In determining the amount of a
  building permit or inspection fee required in connection with the
  construction or improvement of a residential dwelling, a
  municipality may not consider:
               (1)  the value of the dwelling; or
               (2)  the cost of constructing or improving the
  dwelling.
         (b)  A municipality may not require the disclosure of
  information related to the value of or cost of constructing or
  improving a residential dwelling as a condition of obtaining a
  building permit except as required by the Federal Emergency
  Management Agency for participation in the National Flood Insurance
  Program.
         SECTION 2.  Section 214.907(a), Local Government Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to a building permit or inspection
  fee assessed by a municipality on or after the effective date of
  this Act in connection with the construction or improvement of a
  residential dwelling.
         SECTION 3.  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 852 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 9, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 852 was passed by the Senate on May 8,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor