H.B. No. 1922         AN ACT   relating to periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit   fees.          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 214.908 to read as follows:          Sec. 214.908.  REAUTHORIZATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES. (a)   In this section, "building permit fee" means a fee charged by a   municipality as a condition to constructing, renovating, or   remodeling a structure.          (b)  A building permit fee is abolished on the 10th   anniversary after the date the fee is adopted or most recently   reauthorized under this section unless the governing body of the   municipality that adopted or reauthorized the fee:                (1)  holds a public hearing on the reauthorization of   the fee; and                (2)  reauthorizes the fee by vote of the governing   body.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1922 was passed by the House on April   19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1922 was passed by the Senate on May   10, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor