79R6699 MXM-D

By:  Quintanilla                                                  H.B. No. 2210



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualifications of a third-party plumbing inspector 
hired by a municipality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1301.554 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1301.554.  QUALIFICATIONS OF THIRD-PARTY PLUMBING 
INSPECTOR.  (a)  A third-party plumbing inspector hired under a 
contract or similar arrangement by a municipality must be a 
journeyman plumber or master plumber.
	(b)  This section does not apply to a plumbing inspector 
employed by the municipality.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1301.554, Occupations Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to a plumbing inspector hired on or after the 
effective date of this Act.  A plumbing inspector hired before that 
date is governed by the law in effect when the plumbing inspector 
was hired, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.