79R12807 MFC-F


By:  Leibowitz, et al.                                            H.B. No. 1391



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation and availability of a list of builders who 
provide certain types of building services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Natural Resources 
Code, is amended by adding Section 162.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 162.007.  BUILDER LIST.  (a)  In this section, "volume 
builder" means a builder who sells at least 100 homes each year.
	(b)  The board and the Texas Residential Construction 
Commission shall make accessible to the public an electronic list 
and a hard-copy list of builders who:
		(1)  are registered with the Texas Residential 
Construction Commission; and
		(2)  provide in this state building services, including 
accessible floor plans, to persons with mobility-related special 
needs.
	(c)  The electronic list required under Subsection (b) shall 
provide, if available, the following information with respect to 
each listed builder:
		(1)  a link to the builder's website; and                              
		(2)  contact information for the builder, including the 
municipalities where the builder provides building services 
described by Subsection (b)(2).
	(d)  The Texas Residential Construction Commission shall 
contact all volume builders in this state who do not provide 
building services to persons with mobility-related special needs as 
described by Subsection (b)(2) and encourage those builders to 
develop floor plans that are designed to be accessible for persons 
with mobility-related special needs.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.