By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 2144
76R6773 MXM-F
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 latest edition of the following plumbing codes:
1-10 (1) the [Southern] Standard Plumbing Code;
1-11 (2) [,] the Uniform Plumbing Code;
1-12 (3) the International Plumbing Code; [,] and
1-13 (4) the National Standard Plumbing Code.
1-14 (b) Plumbing installed in an area not otherwise subject to
1-15 regulation under this Act must be installed in accordance with a
1-16 plumbing code adopted by the Board under Subsection (a) of this
1-17 section.
1-18 (c) In adopting plumbing codes and standards for the proper
1-19 design, installation, and maintenance of a plumbing system, a
1-20 municipality or an owner of a public water system may only adopt
1-21 codes and standards that do not substantially vary with rules or
1-22 laws of this state.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-24 applies to the design, installation, or maintenance of a plumbing
2-1 system performed on or after that date. The design, installation,
2-2 or maintenance of a plumbing system performed before that date is
2-3 governed by the law in effect on the date that the design,
2-4 installation, or maintenance occurred, and the former law is
2-5 continued in effect for that purpose.
2-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.