Relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings, the official 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.

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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.

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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.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor