78R5682 MI-D

By:  Smith of Tarrant                                             H.B. No. 3235



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certification training programs for municipal building 
inspectors and the implementation of Texas building energy 
performance standards by certified municipal building inspectors.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is amended 
by adding Section 388.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 388.009.  CERTIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL BUILDING 
INSPECTORS.  The appropriate department at Texas A&M University 
shall develop and administer statewide a training program for 
municipal building inspectors seeking to become code-certified 
inspectors.  That department shall also assist participants in the 
training program in finding locations at which the tests required 
for certification are administered.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than the 30th day after the 
effective date of this Act, Texas A&M University shall designate 
the appropriate department to implement the requirements of Section 
388.009, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  Not later than January 1, 2004, the department 
designated under Subsection (a) of this section shall have 
developed the training program required by Section 388.009, Health 
and Safety Code, and not later than March 1, 2004, shall begin 
implementing the training program statewide.
	SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Section 22, Chapter 967, Acts of 
the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, a municipality is not 
required to comply with Section 388.003(c)(2), Health and Safety 
Code, before March 1, 2005.