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By:  Geren                                                        H.B. No. 1723



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the performance of asbestos surveys.                              
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 1954, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1954.260 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1954.260.  DURATION OF ASBESTOS SURVEY.  An asbestos 
survey performed for a public building as required by this chapter 
and any other law is valid until the fifth anniversary of the date 
the survey was completed.  Any renovation, construction, or other 
activity for which an asbestos survey is required that is initiated 
during the time the survey is valid shall be conducted without the 
requirement of obtaining a new asbestos survey.
	SECTION 2.  (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                       
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an 
asbestos survey performed by a person licensed under Chapter 1954, 
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  An asbestos survey performed before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
survey was performed, and the former law  is continued in effect for 
that purpose.