By Bosse                                               H.B. No. 276
       74R277 MI-D
                                 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(f), Health and Safety Code, is
    1-6  amended to read as follows:
    1-7        (f)  This section does not apply to:
    1-8              (1)  a plumbing fixture that has been ordered by or is
    1-9  in the inventory of a building contractor or a wholesaler or
   1-10  retailer of plumbing fixtures on January 1, 1992;
   1-11              (2)  a fixture, such as a safety shower or aspirator
   1-12  faucet, that, because of the fixture's specialized function, cannot
   1-13  meet the standards provided by this section;
   1-14              (3)  a fixture originally installed before January 1,
   1-15  1992, that is removed and reinstalled in the same building on or
   1-16  after that date; <or>
   1-17              (4)  a fixture imported only for use at the importer's
   1-18  domicile; or
   1-19              (5)  a toilet installed during the remodeling of a
   1-20  building if:
   1-21                    (A)  the sewer pipes were laid before January 1,
   1-22  1992, and are not replaced during the remodeling; and
   1-23                    (B)  the size of those sewer pipes and the degree
   1-24  of fall will not accommodate the maximum flow for a toilet set by
    2-1  this section.
    2-2        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    2-3        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-4  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-5  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-6  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-7  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.