| H.B. No. 14 | ||
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| relating to third-party review of plats and property development | ||
| plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an | ||
| improvement related to such a document. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 247 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 247. THIRD-PARTY REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS AND | ||
| INSPECTION OF IMPROVEMENTS | ||
| Sec. 247.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Development document" means a document, | ||
| including an application for a plat, plan, or development permit, | ||
| related to the development of or improvement to land that is | ||
| required by law, ordinance, rule, or other measure to be approved by | ||
| a regulatory authority in order for a person to initiate, engage in, | ||
| or complete the development or improvement. | ||
| (2) "Development inspection" means the inspection of | ||
| an improvement to land required by a regulatory authority as part of | ||
| a project to develop the land or construct or improve an improvement | ||
| to the land. | ||
| (3) "Development permit" means a permit required by a | ||
| regulatory authority to develop land or construct or improve an | ||
| improvement to land. | ||
| (4) "Plan" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 212.001. | ||
| (5) "Plat" has the meaning assigned by Section 212.001 | ||
| except that the term includes a development plat under Subchapter | ||
| B, Chapter 212. | ||
| (6) "Regulatory authority" means the governing body of | ||
| a political subdivision, or a department, board, commission, or | ||
| other entity of the political subdivision, responsible for | ||
| processing or approving a development document or conducting a | ||
| development inspection. | ||
| Sec. 247.002. THIRD-PARTY REVIEW OR INSPECTION REQUIRED. | ||
| (a) If a regulatory authority does not approve, conditionally | ||
| approve, or disapprove a development document by the 15th day after | ||
| the date prescribed by a provision of this code for the approval, | ||
| conditional approval, or disapproval of the document, any required | ||
| review of the document may be performed by a person: | ||
| (1) other than: | ||
| (A) the applicant; or | ||
| (B) a person whose work is the subject of the | ||
| application; and | ||
| (2) who is: | ||
| (A) employed by the regulatory authority to | ||
| review development documents; | ||
| (B) employed by another political subdivision to | ||
| review development documents, if the regulatory authority has | ||
| approved the person to review development documents; or | ||
| (C) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| (b) If a regulatory authority does not conduct a required | ||
| development inspection by the 15th day after the date prescribed by | ||
| a provision of this code for conducting the inspection, the | ||
| inspection may be conducted by a person: | ||
| (1) other than: | ||
| (A) the owner of the land or improvement to the | ||
| land that is the subject of the inspection; or | ||
| (B) a person whose work is the subject of the | ||
| inspection; and | ||
| (2) who is: | ||
| (A) certified to inspect buildings by the | ||
| International Code Council; | ||
| (B) employed by the regulatory authority as a | ||
| building inspector; | ||
| (C) employed by another political subdivision as | ||
| a building inspector, if the regulatory authority has approved the | ||
| person to perform inspections; or | ||
| (D) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| Statutes affected: Introduced: () House Committee Report: () Engrossed: () Senate Committee Report: () Enrolled: () | ||