Amend CSHB 1038 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of 
the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Section 426.006, Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 426.006.  TIME FOR REQUESTING INSPECTION AND DISPUTE 
RESOLUTION.  (a)  For an alleged defect discovered during an 
applicable warranty period, the [The] state-sponsored inspection 
and dispute resolution process must be requested on or before the 
second anniversary of the date of discovery of the conditions 
claimed to be evidence of the construction defect but not later than 
the 90th [30th] day after the date the applicable warranty period 
expires.
	(b)  If the alleged defect would violate the statutory 
warranty of habitability and was not discoverable by a reasonable, 
prudent inspection or examination of the home or improvement within 
the applicable warranty period, the state-sponsored inspection and 
dispute resolution process must be requested:
		(1)  on or before the second anniversary of the date of 
discovery of the conditions claimed to be evidence of the 
construction defect; and
		(2)  not later than the 10th anniversary of the date of 
the initial transfer of title from the builder to the initial owner 
of the home or improvement that is the subject of the dispute or, if 
there is not a closing, the date on which the contract for 
construction of the improvement is entered into.