| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 672 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Guillen) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the regulation of industrialized housing. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 1202.107 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 1202.107. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS. |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, executive |
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| 13 | 13 | | director, or department may not perform an inspection or |
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| 14 | 14 | | investigation, open a complaint, or initiate an administrative or |
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| 15 | 15 | | enforcement action against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party |
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| 16 | 16 | | inspector of industrialized housing after the second anniversary of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the date of the final on-site inspection of the industrialized |
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| 18 | 18 | | housing conducted under Section 1202.203. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The commission or executive director may impose a |
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| 20 | 20 | | penalty or sanction in an enforcement action against a |
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| 21 | 21 | | manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized |
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| 22 | 22 | | housing only if the commission, executive director, or department |
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| 23 | 23 | | initiates the enforcement action during the period prescribed by |
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| 24 | 24 | | Subsection (a). |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 1202.107, Occupations Code, as added by |
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| 26 | 26 | | this Act, applies only to a complaint opened, administrative action |
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| 27 | 27 | | or enforcement action initiated, or penalty imposed regarding |
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| 28 | 28 | | industrialized housing that is the subject of an on-site inspection |
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| 29 | 29 | | under Section 1202.203, Occupations Code, conducted on or after the |
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| 30 | 30 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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