By Uher H.B. No. 3264
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the expansion and operation of eligible inspectors for
1-3 the windstorm building code.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 21.49, Section 6A, Subsection (d),
1-6 Insurance Code is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (d) A "qualified inspector" includes a person to be
1-8 determined by the board to be qualified to perform building
1-9 inspections because of training or experience. A qualified
1-10 inspector must be approved [and appointed or employed] by the board
1-11 to perform building inspections. The board shall approve inspectors
1-12 employed by municipalities that utilize the Texas Department of
1-13 Insurance's standard windload threshold as adopted by the
1-14 Association of Civil Service Engineers rule 7-93 for purposes of
1-15 determining eligibility for the Texas Windstorm Insurance
1-16 Association's windpool. Before approval by the board, inspectors
1-17 employed by municipalities shall be required to meet all inspection
1-18 and certification requirements utilized by the Texas Department of
1-19 Insurance as defined by the Southern Building Code Congress
1-20 International coastal construction certification. The board may
1-21 charge a reasonable fee not to exceed $200 for the filing of
2-1 applications and determining the qualifications of persons for
2-2 approval [appointment] as qualified inspectors.
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.