88R10842 SHH-F
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 2689
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of a certain plumbing code by the Texas
State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1301.255, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1301.255. ADOPTION OF PLUMBING [CODES] CODE. (a) The
board shall adopt [the following plumbing codes, as those codes
existed on May 31, 2001:
[(1) the Uniform Plumbing Code, as published by the
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials;
and
[(2)] the 2015 edition of the International Plumbing
Code, as published by the International Code Council.
(b) The board by rule may adopt a later edition [editions]
of the plumbing code [codes] listed in Subsection (a).
(c) Plumbing installed in an area not otherwise subject to
regulation under this chapter by a person licensed under this
chapter must be installed in accordance with a plumbing code
adopted by the board under Subsection (a) or (b).
(d) In adopting a code for the design, installation, and
maintenance of a plumbing system under this section, a municipality
or an owner of a public water system may amend any provisions of the
code to conform to local concerns that do not substantially vary
from board rules or other rules of this state.
(e) Plumbing installed in compliance with a code adopted
under Subsection (a), (b), or (d) must be inspected by a plumbing
inspector. To perform the inspection, the political subdivision
may contract with any plumbing inspector or qualified plumbing
inspection business, as determined by the political subdivision,
that is paid directly by the political subdivision.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas State
Board of Plumbing Examiners shall adopt rules to implement Section
1301.255, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.