85S12400 JG-F
By: Dukes H.B. No. 380
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 14 [four]
stories or 168 [60] 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 14 [four]
stories or 168 [60] 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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.