78R6808 KEL-D

By:  Dukes                                                        H.B. No. 1432



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inspection of newly installed manufactured housing.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1201.303(b), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The department shall establish an installation 
inspection program in which each newly [at least 25 percent of] 
installed manufactured home is [homes are] inspected [on a sample 
basis] for compliance with the standards and rules adopted and 
orders issued by the director.  The program must place priority on 
inspecting multisection homes and homes installed in Wind Zone II 
counties.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.