Bill Text: TX SB877 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the inspection of municipal buildings during a declared disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective immediately [SB877 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB877-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 877 | ||
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| 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 a person: | ||
| (1) other than: | ||
| (A) the owner of the building; or | ||
| (B) a person whose work is the subject of the | ||
| inspection; and | ||
| (2) who is: | ||
| (A) certified to inspect buildings by the | ||
| International Code Council; | ||
| (B) employed as a building inspector by the | ||
| municipality in which the building is located; | ||
| (C) 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; or | ||
| (D) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| (b) A municipality may not collect an additional inspection | ||
| fee related to the inspection of a building performed under | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) A person who performs an inspection under this section | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) comply with the municipality's building inspection | ||
| regulations and policies; and | ||
| (2) not later than the 30th day after the date of the | ||
| inspection, provide notice to the municipality of the inspection. | ||
| (d) The municipality may prescribe a reasonable format for | ||
| the notice provided under Subsection (c)(2). | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the House, with | ||
| amendments, on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
