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1-26 Act (Article 4477-3a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed.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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