Bill Text: TX HB578 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB578 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB578-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 578 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 578: | |||
By: Guillen | C.S.H.B. No. 578 |
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relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1202.107 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1202.107. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, executive director, | ||
or department may not perform an inspection or investigation, open | ||
a complaint, or initiate an administrative or enforcement action | ||
against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of | ||
industrialized housing after the second anniversary of the date of | ||
the final on-site inspection of the industrialized housing | ||
conducted under Section 1202.203. | ||
(b) The commission or executive director may impose a | ||
penalty or sanction in an enforcement action against a | ||
manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized | ||
housing only if the commission, executive director, or department | ||
initiates the enforcement action during the period prescribed by | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1202.107, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a complaint opened, administrative action | ||
or enforcement action initiated, or penalty or sanction imposed | ||
regarding industrialized housing that is the subject of an on-site | ||
inspection under Section 1202.203, Occupations Code, conducted on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |