By Bosse H.B. No. 276
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the maximum flow requirement for a toilet installed in
1-3 certain remodeled buildings.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 372.002, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (f) This section does not apply to:
1-9 (1) a plumbing fixture that has been ordered by or is
1-10 in the inventory of a building contractor or a wholesaler or
1-11 retailer of plumbing fixtures on January 1, 1992;
1-12 (2) a fixture, such as a safety shower or aspirator
1-13 faucet, that, because of the fixture's specialized function, cannot
1-14 meet the standards provided by this section;
1-15 (3) a fixture originally installed before January 1,
1-16 1992, that is removed and reinstalled in the same building on or
1-17 after that date; <or>
1-18 (4) a fixture imported only for use at the importer's
1-19 domicile; or
1-20 (5) except as provided by Subsection (g), a toilet
1-21 installed during the remodeling of a building if:
1-22 (A) the sewer pipes were laid before January 1,
1-23 1992, and are not replaced during the remodeling; and
1-24 (B) the size of those sewer pipes and the degree
2-1 of fall will not accommodate the maximum flow for a toilet set by
2-2 this section.
2-3 (g) Subsection (f)(5) does not exempt a toilet from
2-4 standards set by a local ordinance if those standards are
2-5 equivalent to the standards set under Subsection (b).
2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.