79R6700 MXM-D

By:  Quintanilla                                                  H.B. No. 2209



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a chief plumbing inspector by 
populous municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 214.011, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 214.011.  PLUMBING INSPECTOR FOR CERTAIN 
MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  If a municipality with a population of less 
than 600,000 does not have a special charter that provides for an 
inspector of plumbing, the governing body of the municipality may 
appoint an inspector of plumbing for a term fixed by the governing 
body.
	(b)  The same individual may serve as plumbing inspector and 
municipal engineer.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 214, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.0115 to read as follows:
	Sec. 214.0115.  CHIEF PLUMBING INSPECTORS FOR POPULOUS 
MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  A municipality with a population of 600,000 or 
more shall designate an individual to serve as chief plumbing 
inspector for the municipality for a term fixed by the governing 
body of the municipality.  The individual designated is not 
required to be a municipal employee.
	(b)  The chief plumbing inspector must:                                 
		(1)  be a journeyman plumber or master plumber, as 
defined by Section 1301.002, Occupations Code; and
		(2)  meet any additional requirements imposed by the 
municipality.   
	(c)  The chief plumbing inspector may hold other related 
titles or designations with the municipality such as municipal 
engineer or chief mechanical inspector.  Another title or 
designation does not affect the requirements imposed by Subsection 
(b) or the duties imposed on the chief plumbing inspector.
	SECTION 3.  A chief plumbing inspector designated by a 
municipality with a population of 600,000 or more to a term under 
Section 214.011, Local Government Code, or under a charter or 
ordinance provision may serve as that municipality's chief plumbing 
inspector under Section 214.0115, Local Government Code, as added 
by this Act, until the earlier of the expiration of the plumbing 
inspector's term or September 1, 2007.  Section 214.0115, Local 
Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to the designation of 
a chief plumbing inspector by the municipality on completion of 
that plumbing inspector's term or on September 1, 2007, as 
appropriate.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.