By Pitts                                                H.B. No. 70
         77R786 MTB-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to enforcement of certain safety requirements regarding
 1-3     elevators, escalators, and related equipment.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 754.022, Health and  Safety Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 754.022.  NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE. If the department
 1-8     [commissioner] learns of a situation of noncompliance under Section
 1-9     754.019, the department [commissioner] shall send notice by regular
1-10     mail, facsimile, or electronic mail [certified mail] of the
1-11     noncompliance and the actions required to remedy the noncompliance
1-12     to the record owner of the real property on which the equipment
1-13     that is the subject of the noncompliance is located.
1-14           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.