H.B. No. 1385
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and 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 stories
or 60 feet in height;
[(2)] housing constructed of a sectional or panelized
system that does not use a modular component; or
(2) [(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 stories
or 60 feet in height; or
[(2)] a commercial building or structure that is:
(1) [(A)] installed in a manner other than on a
permanent foundation; and
(2) [(B)] either:
(A) [(i)] not open to the public; or
(B) [(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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1385 was passed by the House on April
3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1385 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor