By: Patterson S.B. No. 1010
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the bonding or insurance requirements of certain
1-2 political subdivisions for the performance of plumbing work.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 15, The Plumbing License Law (Article
1-5 6243-101, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 15. LOCAL <MUNICIPAL> RULES AND REGULATIONS.
1-8 (a) Every city in this state of more than five thousand (5,000)
1-9 inhabitants shall, and any city or town of this state may, by
1-10 ordinance or by-law, prescribe rules and regulations for the
1-11 materials, construction, alteration and inspection of all pipes,
1-12 faucets, tanks, valves and other fixtures by and through which a
1-13 supply of water, gas or sewage is used or carried; and provided
1-14 that they shall not be placed in any building therein except in
1-15 accordance with such rules and regulations; and shall further
1-16 provide that no plumbing shall be done except in case of repairing
1-17 of leaks, without a permit being first issued therefor upon such
1-18 terms and conditions as such city or town shall prescribe; provided
1-19 that no such ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation prescribed by
1-20 any such city or town shall be inconsistent with this Act, or any
1-21 rule or regulation adopted or prescribed by the State Board of
1-22 Plumbing Examiners.
1-23 (b) A political subdivision that requires a master plumber
2-1 to have a bond before the plumber may be issued a permit shall
2-2 accept a certificate of insurance that meets the requirements of
2-3 this subsection in lieu of a bond. The certificate of insurance
2-4 must be written by a company licensed to do business in this state
2-5 and provide for commercial general liability insurance for the
2-6 master plumber for claims for property damage or bodily injury,
2-7 without regard to whether the claim is based on negligence or
2-8 contract, in an amount not less than $300,000 coverage for all
2-9 claims in any one year.
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.