Bill Text: TX SB877 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.html
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-Comm_Sub.html
87R22465 MP-F | ||
By: Hancock | S.B. No. 877 | |
(Morrison) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 877: No. |
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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 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) to the extent practicable, 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 in | ||
a format prescribed by the municipality. | ||
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. |