76R14109 MXM-F
By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 2144
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2144:
By Yarbrough C.S.H.B. No. 2144
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the adoption and use of certain plumbing codes.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 5B, 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. 5B. ADOPTION OF PLUMBING CODES. (a) To protect the
1-8 health and safety of the citizens of this state, the Board shall
1-9 adopt the following plumbing codes: [Southern Standard Plumbing
1-10 Code,]
1-11 (1) the Uniform Plumbing Code, as published by the
1-12 International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials; [,]
1-13 and
1-14 (2) the International Plumbing Code, as published by
1-15 the International Code Council [the National Standard Plumbing
1-16 Code].
1-17 (b) Plumbing installed in an area not otherwise subject to
1-18 regulation under this Act must be installed in accordance with a
1-19 plumbing code adopted by the Board under Subsection (a) of this
1-20 section.
1-21 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b) of this section,
1-22 in [In] adopting plumbing codes and standards for the proper
1-23 design, installation, and maintenance of a plumbing system, a
1-24 municipality or an owner of a public water system may adopt any
2-1 nationally recognized model plumbing codes and standards that do
2-2 not substantially vary with rules or laws of this state.
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
2-4 applies to the design, installation, or maintenance of a plumbing
2-5 system performed on or after that date. The design, installation,
2-6 or maintenance of a plumbing system performed before that date is
2-7 governed by the law in effect on the date that the design,
2-8 installation, or maintenance occurred, and the former law is
2-9 continued in effect for that purpose.
2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.