By: Hancock S.B. No. 877
(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2021; March 11, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 6, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 6, 2021,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 877 By: Hancock
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inspection of municipal buildings during a declared
disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 214, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.220 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.220. INSPECTION DURING DECLARED DISASTER. (a) In
an area of a municipality that is subject to a declaration of
disaster by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, or a
declaration of local disaster under that chapter, a building
inspection for compliance with this subchapter or related municipal
regulations may, while the declaration is in effect, be performed
by:
(1) a person certified to inspect buildings by the
International Code Council;
(2) a person employed as a building inspector by the
municipality in which the building is located; or
(3) a person employed as a building inspector by any
political subdivision, if the municipality in which the building is
located has approved the person to perform inspections during a
disaster.
(b) A municipality may not collect an additional inspection
fee related to the inspection of a building performed under
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2021.
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