Texas HB4398

HB4398 - Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations.

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      By: Garcia Hernandez, Gates, Anchía, Geren H.B. No. 4398       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain   development projects supported with low income housing tax credit   allocations.          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 214.9041 to read as follows:           Sec.   214.9041.     EXPEDITED REVIEW OF BUILDING PERMITS IN   CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES; AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.   (a)   This   section applies only to a municipality with a population of more   than 100,000.           (b)     In this section, "affordable housing project" means a   housing development project that has received an allocation of low   income housing tax credits under Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306,   Government Code.           (c)     An application for a building permit for an affordable   housing project submitted to a municipality for review must be   granted or denied by the municipality in no more than 50 percent of   the time allotted by the municipality to grant or deny any   residential building permit application.           (d)     If the municipality has adopted an accelerated   residential building permit review process, an applicant for a   building permit for an affordable housing project shall be allowed   to submit the application for review under the accelerated process.           (e)     This section applies only to the process to obtain a   municipal building permit authorized or required under this   chapter.   Nothing in this section may be construed to affect   municipal zoning.          SECTION 2.  Section 214.9041, Local Government Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to an application for a building   permit submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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