1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the application of certain licensing and registration
1-3 requirements to activities involving resilient floor-covering
1-4 material.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 15A(a), Texas Asbestos Health Protection
1-7 Act (Article 4477-3a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
1-8 read as follows:
1-9 (a) The licensing and registration requirements of the Act
1-10 do not apply to activities involving resilient floor-covering
1-11 material provided any removal of such material is performed
1-12 consistent with work practices published by the resilient floor
1-13 covering industry or by other methods determined by the
1-14 Commissioner to provide public health [comparable] protection from
1-15 asbestos exposure. Any person who removes resilient floor covering
1-16 material must have completed a training course covering such work
1-17 practices for a minimum of [a period not to exceed] eight hours.
1-18 SECTION 2. Section 15A(c), Texas Asbestos Health Protection
1-19 Act (Article 4477-3a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed.
1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1279 was passed by the House on May
4, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1279 was passed by the Senate on May
16, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor