By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1412
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the provision of plumbing services in certain
1-2 economically distressed areas.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 3, The Plumbing License Law, (Title 109A, V. A.
1-5 C. S. Article 6243-101) is amended by adding a new subsection (c)
1-6 and renumbering subsections (c) through(e) as subsections (d)
1-7 through (f) respectively, to read as follows:
1-8 (c) Plumbing work done by an organization providing "Self
1-9 Help" work through a STEP program, certified by the Texas Natural
1-10 Resource Conservation Commission, in a geographic area located in a
1-11 county some part of which is within 150 miles of the international
1-12 border of this state and that:
1-13 (1) has a majority population composed of individuals
1-14 and families of low income and very low income, based on the
1-15 federal Office of Management and Budget poverty index, and meets
1-16 the qualifications of an economically distressed area under Section
1-17 17.921, Water Code; or
1-18 (2) has the physical and economic characteristics of a
1-19 colonia, as determined by the department.
1-20 (d)[c)] Plumbing work done by anyone who is regularly
1-21 employed as or acting as a maintenance man or maintenance engineer,
1-22 incidental to and in connection with the business in which he is
2-1 employed or engaged, and who does not engage in the occupation of a
2-2 plumber for the general public; construction, installation and
2-3 maintenance work done upon the premises or equipment of a railroad
2-4 by an employee thereof who does not engage in the occupation of a
2-5 plumber for the general public; and plumbing work done by persons
2-6 engaged by any public service company in the laying, maintenance
2-7 and operation of its service mains or lines to the point of
2-8 measurement and the installation, alteration, adjustment, repair,
2-9 removal and renovation of all types of appurtenances, equipment and
2-10 appliances, including doing all that is necessary to render the
2-11 appliances useable or serviceable; appliance installation and
2-12 service work done by anyone who is an appliance dealer or is
2-13 employed by an appliance dealer, and acting as an appliance
2-14 installation man or appliance service man in connecting appliances
2-15 to existing piping installations; water treatment installations,
2-16 exchanges, services, or repairs. Provided, however, that all work
2-17 and service herein named or referred to shall be subject to
2-18 inspection and approval in accordance with the terms of all local
2-19 valid city or municipal ordinances;
2-20 (e)[(d)] Plumbing work done by a licensed irrigator or
2-21 licensed installer when working and licensed under Chapter 197,
2-22 Acts of the 66th Legislature, Regular Session, 1979 (Article 8751,
2-23 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). A person holding a valid license
2-24 from the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners shall not be
2-25 required to be licensed by any other board or agency when
2-26 installing or working on a lawn irrigation system;
3-1 (f)[(e)] Plumbing work done by an LP Gas installer when
3-2 working and licensed under Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, as
3-3 amended.
3-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
3-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.