83R5151 SLB-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 578
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1202.107 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1202.107.  LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission or department may not
  perform an inspection or investigation, open a complaint, initiate
  an administrative or enforcement action, or impose a penalty
  against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of
  industrialized housing after the first anniversary of the date of
  the final on-site inspection of the industrialized housing
  conducted under Section 1202.203.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1202.155, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1202.155.  COUNCIL [STAMP OF] APPROVAL. [(a)] The
  department or approved design review agency shall approve [place
  the council's stamp of approval on each page of] the designs, plans,
  and specifications of industrialized housing and buildings that:
               (1)  meet or exceed the code standards and requirements
  under council interpretations and instructions; and
               (2)  are approved by the department or design review
  agency.
         [(b)     Each page of the designs, plans, and specifications
  must bear the council's stamp of approval if the designs, plans, and
  specifications satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a)(1) and
  are approved in accordance with Subsection (a)(2).]
         SECTION 3.  Section 1202.252(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A municipality that regulates the on-site construction
  or installation of industrialized housing and buildings may:
               (1)  require and review, for compliance with mandatory
  building codes, a complete set of designs, plans, and
  specifications approved by the council [bearing the council's stamp
  of approval] for each installation of industrialized housing or
  buildings in the municipality;
               (2)  require that all applicable local permits and
  licenses be obtained before construction begins on a building site;
               (3)  require, in accordance with commission rules, that
  all modules or modular components bear an approved decal or
  insignia indicating inspection by the department; and
               (4)  establish procedures for the inspection of:
                     (A)  the erection and installation of
  industrialized housing or buildings to be located in the
  municipality, to ensure compliance with mandatory building codes
  and commission rules; and
                     (B)  all foundation and other on-site
  construction, to ensure compliance with approved designs, plans,
  and specifications.
         SECTION 4.  Section 1202.107, Occupations Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a complaint, administrative action, or
  enforcement action regarding industrialized housing that is the
  subject of an on-site inspection under Section 1202.203,
  Occupations Code, conducted on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.