By: Carona S.B. No. 672
(Guillen)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of industrialized housing.
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.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, executive
director, or department may not perform an inspection or
investigation, open a complaint, or initiate an administrative or
enforcement action against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party
inspector of industrialized housing after the second anniversary of
the date of the final on-site inspection of the industrialized
housing conducted under Section 1202.203.
(b) The commission or executive director may impose a
penalty or sanction in an enforcement action against a
manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized
housing only if the commission, executive director, or department
initiates the enforcement action during the period prescribed by
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 1202.107, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a complaint opened, administrative action
or enforcement action initiated, or penalty imposed 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.