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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 247.002. Third-Party Review or Inspection Required

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) If a regulatory authority does not approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove a development document by the 15th day after the date prescribed by a provision of this code for the approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of the document, any required review of the document may be performed by a person:

(1) other than:

(A) the applicant; or

(B) a person whose work is the subject of the application; and

(2) who is:

(A) employed by the regulatory authority to review development documents;

(B) employed by another political subdivision to review development documents, if the regulatory authority has approved the person to review development documents; or

(C) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.

(b) If a regulatory authority does not conduct a required development inspection by the 15th day after the date prescribed by a provision of this code for conducting the inspection, the inspection may be conducted by a person:

(1) other than:

(A) the owner of the land or improvement to the land that is the subject of the inspection; or

(B) a person whose work is the subject of the inspection; and

(2) who is:

(A) certified to inspect buildings by the International Code Council;

(B) employed by the regulatory authority as a building inspector;

(C) employed by another political subdivision as a building inspector, if the regulatory authority has approved the person to perform inspections; or

(D) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.

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