83R19319 SLB-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 578
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 578:
 
  By:  Guillen C.S.H.B. No. 578
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.