HB 4398

relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain
development projects supported with low income housing tax credit
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
(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,
(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.
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.