By: Eltife S.B. No. 1264
(Kuempel)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of certain industrialized housing and
industrialized buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1202.002(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Industrialized housing does not include:
(1) a residential structure that exceeds four [three]
stories or 60 [49] feet in height;
(2) housing constructed of a sectional or panelized
system that does not use a modular component; or
(3) a ready-built home constructed in a manner in
which the entire living area is contained in a single unit or
section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling and
moving the home to another location.
SECTION 2. Section 1202.003(d), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) An industrialized building includes a permanent
commercial structure and a commercial structure designed to be
transported from one commercial site to another commercial site but
does not include:
(1) a commercial structure that exceeds four [three]
stories or 60 [49] feet in height; or
(2) a commercial building or structure that is:
(A) installed in a manner other than on a
permanent foundation; and
(B) either:
(i) not open to the public; or
(ii) less than 1,500 square feet in total
area and used other than as a school or a place of religious
worship.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.