83R5151 SLB-F
By: Carona S.B. No. 672
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1202.107 to read as follows:
Sec. 1202.107. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS.
Notwithstanding any other law, the commission or department may not
perform an inspection or investigation, open a complaint, initiate
an administrative or enforcement action, or impose a penalty
against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of
industrialized housing after the first anniversary of the date of
the final on-site inspection of the industrialized housing
conducted under Section 1202.203.
SECTION 2. Section 1202.155, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1202.155. COUNCIL [STAMP OF] APPROVAL. [(a)] The
department or approved design review agency shall approve [place
the council's stamp of approval on each page of] the designs, plans,
and specifications of industrialized housing and buildings that:
(1) meet or exceed the code standards and requirements
under council interpretations and instructions; and
(2) are approved by the department or design review
agency.
[(b) Each page of the designs, plans, and specifications
must bear the council's stamp of approval if the designs, plans, and
specifications satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a)(1) and
are approved in accordance with Subsection (a)(2).]
SECTION 3. Section 1202.252(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A municipality that regulates the on-site construction
or installation of industrialized housing and buildings may:
(1) require and review, for compliance with mandatory
building codes, a complete set of designs, plans, and
specifications approved by the council [bearing the council's stamp
of approval] for each installation of industrialized housing or
buildings in the municipality;
(2) require that all applicable local permits and
licenses be obtained before construction begins on a building site;
(3) require, in accordance with commission rules, that
all modules or modular components bear an approved decal or
insignia indicating inspection by the department; and
(4) establish procedures for the inspection of:
(A) the erection and installation of
industrialized housing or buildings to be located in the
municipality, to ensure compliance with mandatory building codes
and commission rules; and
(B) all foundation and other on-site
construction, to ensure compliance with approved designs, plans,
and specifications.
SECTION 4. Section 1202.107, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a complaint, administrative action, or
enforcement action regarding industrialized housing that is the
subject of an on-site inspection under Section 1202.203,
Occupations Code, conducted on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.