By: Patterson S.B. No. 1010 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the Plumbing License Law Municipal rules and 1-2 regulations. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. The Plumbing License Law (Article 6243-101, 1-5 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by changing Section 15, 1-6 Plumbing License Law to Section 15 (a), Plumbing License Law and 1-7 adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: 1-8 (b) If a city, town, or village requires that a Master 1-9 plumber secure and execute a license and permit bond before such 1-10 person can be issued a permit, then the city must accept a 1-11 certificate of insurance in lieu of the license and permit bond if 1-12 presented by the Master plumber. The insurance must be written by 1-13 a company licensed to do business in the State of Texas. The 1-14 Master plumber shall have in force commercial general liability 1-15 insurance in an amount not less than $300,000 combined for property 1-16 damage and bodily injury sustained by one or more persons, $300,000 1-17 aggregate (total amount the policy will pay), and $300,000 1-18 aggregate for products and completed operations. 1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force according to its 2-3 terms, and it is so enacted.