By Uher H.B. No. 1339
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the licensing of plumbing inspectors.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Article 6243-101, V.T.C.S., Section 2(B)(5), is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (5) "Plumbing Inspector" means any person employed by
1-7 a political subdivision for the purpose of inspecting plumbing work
1-8 and installations in connection with health and safety laws and
1-9 ordinances, who has no financial or advisory interests in any
1-10 plumbing company, and who has successfully fulfilled the
1-11 qualification and examination <examinations and> requirements of
1-12 the Board.
1-13 SECTION 2. Article 6243-101, V.T.C.S., Section 8, is amended
1-14 by adding new subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
1-15 (e) The qualification and examination requirements for a
1-16 plumbing inspector shall be limited to a requirement that the
1-17 inspector is a high school graduate or the holder of a high school
1-18 equivalency credential based upon the General Educational
1-19 Development (G.E.D.) Test and has passed an examination
1-20 administered by any of the following agencies:
1-21 (1) the Board;
1-22 (2) the Building Officials Code Administrators (BOCA);
1-23 (3) The International Association of Plumbing and
2-1 Mechanical Officials (IAPMO);
2-2 (4) The International Conference of Building Officials
2-3 (ICBO);
2-4 (5) the Southern Building Code Congress International
2-5 (SBCCI); or
2-6 (6) a successor to any of these agencies.
2-7 (f) A plumbing inspector's license shall be renewed if the
2-8 applicant has obtained at least six hours of continuing education
2-9 units through a course administered by:
2-10 (1) the Board, BOCA, IAPMO, ICBO, SBCCI, or a
2-11 successor to any of these agencies;
2-12 (2) a state-accredited college or university that
2-13 offers courses in plumbing codes and plumbing inspection practices
2-14 and techniques; or
2-15 (3) an individual, business, or association that has
2-16 obtained approval from the Board to provide training in plumbing
2-17 codes and plumbing inspection practices.
2-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.