April

Titles for new homes sold in April were pulled down from March by a decline in single-section home sales. Multi-section home sales were higher than the previous month and came in above … more

The 2019 session has now come and gone.  What started out with 7,323 bills filed concluded at the end of the 140 days with just 1,429 bills sent to Gov. Abbott’s desk.  Of those, Gov. Abbott later … more

Unlike previous sessions that at times derailed over politically volatile issues, this session remained focus on the job at hand.  And as laid out by the three state leaders – Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. … more

One of our main goals this session was to provide energy code flexibility and choice to our modular home manufacturers and builders.  This was the culmination of several years of work where … more

From a previous post early on in our From the 86th series, we discussed the increased volume  of landlord tenant related bills filed.  We tracked 50 bills this session that could have some impact on … more

Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, it was clear that a top priority of this year’s legislature was to address issues coming out of the most significant natural disaster in recent memory … more

HB 852 - Relating to information a municipality may consider in determining the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees.

H.B. 852 prohibits municipalities from using the valuation or … more

Recall that the laws in the state of Texas mandate that all state agencies are placed on a “sunset” clock.  Periodically, every state agency must come up for review and are required to go through the … more