Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.909 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
DOCUMENT VERIFYING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (H.B. 4753), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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