Bill Text: TX SB892 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the approval of designs, plans, and specifications of industrialized housing and buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB892 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB892-Engrossed.html
By: Carona | S.B. No. 892 |
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relating to the approval of designs, plans, and specifications of | ||
industrialized housing and buildings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1202.155, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the commission | ||
by rule may adopt another method of indicating that the designs, | ||
plans, and specifications of industrialized housing and buildings | ||
satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a)(1) and are approved in | ||
accordance with Subsection (a)(2) if the study conducted under | ||
Section 1202.1551 recommends the method. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1202.1551 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1202.1551. STUDY CONCERNING APPROVAL OF DESIGNS, | ||
PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS. (a) The council shall conduct a study | ||
to: | ||
(1) evaluate the current method of indicating approval | ||
of designs, plans, and specifications of industrialized housing and | ||
buildings under Sections 1202.155(a) and (b); and | ||
(2) identify and evaluate methods of indicating | ||
approval of designs, plans, and specifications of industrialized | ||
housing and buildings that are alternatives to the method described | ||
by Subdivision (1). | ||
(b) The study may recommend for adoption by the commission | ||
an alternative method identified under Subsection (a)(2) if the | ||
council determines that the method would: | ||
(1) ensure that the designs, plans, and specifications | ||
of industrialized housing and buildings: | ||
(A) meet or exceed the code standards and | ||
requirements under council interpretations and instructions; and | ||
(B) are approved by the department or an approved | ||
design review agency; and | ||
(2) be more efficient and cost-effective for the | ||
department or approved design review agencies. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 1202.252, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A municipality that regulates the on-site construction | ||
or installation of industrialized housing and buildings may: | ||
(1) require and review, for compliance with mandatory | ||
building codes, a complete set of designs, plans, and | ||
specifications approved by the council [ |
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buildings in the municipality; | ||
(2) require that all applicable local permits and | ||
licenses be obtained before construction begins on a building site; | ||
(3) require, in accordance with commission rules, that | ||
all modules or modular components bear an approved decal or | ||
insignia indicating inspection by the department; and | ||
(4) establish procedures for the inspection of: | ||
(A) the erection and installation of | ||
industrialized housing or buildings to be located in the | ||
municipality, to ensure compliance with mandatory building codes | ||
and commission rules; and | ||
(B) all foundation and other on-site | ||
construction, to ensure compliance with approved designs, plans, | ||
and specifications. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than September 1, 2012, the Texas | ||
Industrialized Building Code Council shall complete the study | ||
required by Section 1202.1551, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |