Amend CSHB 1038 as follows:
(1) On page 6, line 22, strike "Section 416.008(d), Property Code, is" and substitute "Sections 416.008(d) and (e), Property
Code, are".
(2) On page 6, following line 27, insert the following:
(e) The hearing shall be held before a hearings officer
appointed by the commission. After the hearing, the hearings
officer shall enter an appropriate order. [The order of the
hearings officer under this subsection is a final decision.]
(3) On page 10, line 14, strike "or".
(4) On page 10, line 16, strike the period and substitute
";".
(5) On page 10, between lines 16 and 17, insert the
following:
(24) failure to obtain a permit required by a
political subdivision before constructing a new home or an
improvement to an existing home; or
(25) abandoning or wilfully failing to perform,
without justification, any home improvement contract or
residential construction project engaged in or undertaken by the
person, if found to have done so by a final, nonappealable judgment
of a court.
(6) On page 10, lines 18 and 19, strike "or impose an
administrative penalty".
(7) On page 12, line 10, strike "(a)".
(8) On page 12, strike lines 16 through 19.