86R6871 SRA-D
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 1873
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report by the Texas Division of Emergency Management
regarding building trade services following disasters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.054. REPORT ON BUILDING TRADE SERVICES FOLLOWING
DISASTERS. (a) Not later than November 1, 2020, the division shall
submit a report to members of the legislature on improving the
oversight, accountability, and availability of building trade
services following disasters. The report must include:
(1) strategies to increase the availability of
tradespeople, including plumbers and electricians, following a
disaster;
(2) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged
fraud related to building trade services offered following a
disaster; and
(3) methods to encourage performance bond
requirements in contracts for building trade services to be
performed following a disaster.
(b) The division shall consult with appropriate state
entities, including the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, local governments,
trade associations, and law enforcement groups in preparing the
report described by Subsection (a).
(c) This section expires January 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.