The Collin County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution opposing House Bill 23 after staff described potential concerns about the bill's effect on local review and inspection processes.

Russell Shofford, deputy county administrator, introduced the resolution and told the court HB 23 "would allow developers to use a third party, firm for, planning compliance as well as inspections, instead of going through county staff." Shofford said that could be "potentially quite problematic" because the county is not assured a private firm's level of review or priorities would match the county's.

After a brief staff presentation, a commissioner moved approval of the resolution and the court voted by voice to adopt it without recorded dissent.

Ending: The court instructed staff to finalize the county's resolution of opposition; no additional amendments were requested during the meeting.