Texas Local Government Code Title 7, Chapter 233 - County Regulation Of Housing And Other Structures

SUBCHAPTER A DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES

SUBCHAPTER B BUILDING AND SETBACK LINES

• Texas Section 233.001 - Requiring Repair, Removal, Or Demolition Of Building Or Other Structure
  (a) If the commissioners court of a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to a county with a population of more...
• Texas Section 233.031 - Authority Limited To Unincorporated Areas; Conflict With Municipal Authority
  (a) The authority under this subchapter to establish building and set-back lines applies only to areas outside the corporate limits of municipalities. (b) If the...
• Texas Section 233.032 - Powers And Duties Of Commissioners Court
  (a) If the commissioners court of a county determines that the general welfare will be promoted, the court may: (1) establish by order building or...
• Texas Section 233.033 - Hearing; Adoption Of Lines
  (a) Before the establishment or change of building or set-back lines, the commissioners court must hold at least one public hearing on the establishment or...
• Texas Section 233.034 - Notice; Limitations Period
  (a) An owner of real property that fronts along a road that has a building or set-back line established under this subchapter is charged with...
• Texas Section 233.035 - Board Of Building Line Adjustment
  (a) The commissioners court may appoint a board of building line adjustment consisting of five freeholders of the county. Members must be appointed for staggered...
• Texas Section 233.036 - Enforcement
  If a structure is erected, constructed, or reconstructed in violation of a building or set-back line established under this subchapter, the commissioners court, the district...

SUBCHAPTER C FIRE CODE IN UNINCORPORATED AREA

• Texas Section 233.037 - Appeal
  (a) An owner of property who is aggrieved by an action or order adopted by the board of building line adjustment may appeal to the...
• Texas Section 233.061 - Authority To Adopt And Enforce Fire Code
  (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of over 250,000 or a county adjacent to a county with a population of over...
• Texas Section 233.0615 - Definitions; Substantial Improvement; Construction
  (a) In this subchapter: (1) "Building" includes an establishment or multifamily dwelling. (2) "Substantial improvement" means: (A) the repair, restoration, reconstruction, improvement, or remodeling of...
• Texas Section 233.062 - Application And Content Of Fire Code
  (a) The fire code applies only to the following buildings constructed in an unincorporated area of the county: (1) a commercial establishment; (2) a public...
• Texas Section 233.063 - Building Permit; Application
  (a) A person may not construct or substantially improve a building described by Section 233.062(a) in an unincorporated area of the county unless the person...
• Texas Section 233.064 - Inspections
  (a) The county shall inspect a building subject to this subchapter to determine whether the building complies with the fire code. (b) The commissioners court...
• Texas Section 233.065 - Fees
  (a) The commissioners court may develop a fee schedule based on building type and may set and charge fees for an inspection and the issuance...
• Texas Section 233.066 - Injunction
  The appropriate attorney representing the county in the district court may seek injunctive relief to prevent the violation or threatened violation of the fire code....

SUBCHAPTER D ALARM SYSTEMS

• Texas Section 233.067 - Civil Penalty
  (a) The appropriate attorney representing the county in civil cases may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from a...
• Texas Section 233.091 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Alarm site" means the specific property or area of the premises on or within which an alarm system is installed or...
• Texas Section 233.092 - Authority To Regulate; Adoption Of Rules
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may authorize the sheriff of a county to: (1) propose rules to implement this subchapter; (2)...
• Texas Section 233.093 - Permit Required; Exceptions
  (a) In a county in which the sheriff regulates alarm systems under this subchapter, a person may not use an alarm system without a permit...
• Texas Section 233.094 - Permit Fees
  (a) The sheriff of a county who regulates alarm systems under this subchapter may authorize the county auditor to assess and collect fees for the...
• Texas Section 233.095 - Municipal Authority Unaffected
  This subchapter does not affect the authority of a municipality in the county to enact ordinances regulating alarm systems. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 233.096 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person who violates this subchapter, an order of the commissioners court, or a rule adopted under this subchapter commits an offense. (b) An...
• Texas Section 233.097 - County Liability
  The county, the commissioners court, the sheriff, and the sheriff's employees or agents are not liable for an action arising out of the regulation of...

SUBCHAPTER F RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES

• Texas Section 233.098 - Enforced Collection
  The appropriate attorney representing the county may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover a penalty or fee imposed by...
• Texas Section 233.151 - Definitions
  (a) In this subchapter, "new residential construction" includes: (1) residential construction of a single-family house or duplex on a vacant lot; and (2) construction of...
• Texas Section 233.152 - Applicability
  This subchapter applies only to a county that has adopted a resolution or order requiring the application of the provisions of this subchapter and that:...
• Texas Section 233.153 - Building Code Standards Applicable
  (a) New residential construction of a single-family house or duplex in the unincorporated area of a county to which this subchapter applies shall conform to...
• Texas Section 233.154 - Inspection And Notice Requirements
  (a) A person who builds new residential construction described by Section 233.153 shall have the construction inspected to ensure building code compliance in accordance with...
• Texas Section 233.155 - Enforcement Of Standards
  If proper notice is not submitted in accordance with Sections 233.154(b) and (c), the county may take any or all of the following actions: (1)...
• Texas Section 233.156 - Existing Authority Unaffected
  The authority granted by this subchapter does not affect the authority of a commissioners court to adopt an order under other law. Added by Acts...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 233.157 - Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person fails to provide proper notice in accordance with Sections 233.154(b) and (c). (b) An offense under...
• Texas Section 233.901 - Time For Issuance Of County Building Permit
  (a) This section applies only to a permit required by a county with a population of 3.3 million or more to construct or improve a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016