TITLE: Relating to the requirement by a municipality of a license or permit to occupy or lease a dwelling unit.

SUMMARY: Relating to the requirement by a municipality of a license or permit to occupy or lease a dwelling unit.

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AN ACT relating to the requirement by a municipality of a license or permit to occupy or lease a dwelling unit. 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. LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS OF LICENSE OR PERMIT TO OCCUPY DWELLING UNIT. A municipality may not require a tenant to acquire a license or permit issued by the municipality as a condition for occupying or leasing an individual dwelling unit in a single-family, duplex, or multifamily structure. This section does not prohibit a municipality from requiring a license or permit relating to the nonresidential use or the condition of a dwelling unit. 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.