1-1     By:  Coleman, Naishtat, Kitchen                       H.B. No. 1279
 1-2          (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)
 1-3           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-4     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
 1-5     and Commerce; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-6     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the application of certain licensing and registration
1-10     requirements to activities involving resilient floor-covering
1-11     material.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Section 15A(a), Texas Asbestos Health Protection
1-14     Act (Article 4477-3a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
1-15     read as follows:
1-16           (a)  The licensing and registration requirements of the Act
1-17     do not apply to activities involving resilient floor-covering
1-18     material provided any removal of such material is performed
1-19     consistent with work practices published by the resilient floor
1-20     covering industry or by other methods determined by the
1-21     Commissioner to provide public health [comparable] protection from
1-22     asbestos exposure.  Any person who removes resilient floor covering
1-23     material must have completed a training course covering such work
1-24     practices for a minimum of [a period not to exceed] eight hours.
1-25           SECTION 2. Section 15A(c), Texas Asbestos Health Protection
1-26     Act (Article 4477-3a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed.
1-27           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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