Amend CSHB 7 by adding the following appropriately numbered
ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering existing ARTICLES of the bill
accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDINGS
SECTION __.01. Section 1202.001(2), Occupations Code, as
amended by Chapter 816, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "Construction site [office] building" means a
commercial structure that is:
(A) not open to the public; and
(B) used for any purpose [as an office] at a
commercial site by a person constructing a building, road, bridge,
utility, or other infrastructure or improvement to real property.
SECTION __.02. Section 1202.003(d), Occupations Code, as
added by Chapter 816, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(d) An industrialized building includes a permanent
commercial structure and a commercial structure designed to be
transported from one commercial site to another commercial site but
does not include:
(1) a commercial structure that exceeds three stories
or 49 feet in height as measured from the finished grade elevation
at the building entrance to the peak of the roof; or
(2) a commercial building or structure that is:
(A) installed in a manner other than on a
permanent foundation; and
(B) either:
(i) not open to the public; or
(ii) less than 1,500 square feet in total
area and used other than as a school or a place of religious
worship.
SECTION __.03. Section 1202.203, Occupations Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(b) An approved third-party inspector shall perform on-site
inspections of industrialized housing [and buildings] to be located
outside the municipality.
(d) If required by commission rule, an approved third-party
inspector shall perform on-site inspections of industrialized
buildings to be located outside the municipality.
SECTION __.04. Section 1202.204(b), Occupations Code, as
amended by Chapter 816, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission by rule shall exempt a construction site
[office] building from the requirements of this section.
SECTION __.05. Section 1202.003(c), Occupations Code, is
repealed.
SECTION __.06. The changes in law made by this article in
amending Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, apply to any building or
structure at a commercial site regardless of the date of
installation of that building or structure.