By: Carona S.B. No. 672

(In the Senate - Filed February 19, 2013; February 25, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; March 25, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 25, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 672 By: Carona

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the regulation of industrialized housing.

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. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission or department may not perform an inspection or investigation, open a complaint, or initiate an administrative or enforcement action against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized housing after the second anniversary of the date of the final on-site inspection of the industrialized housing conducted under Section 1202.203.

(b) The commission or department may impose a penalty in an enforcement action against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized housing only if the commission or department initiates the enforcement action during the period prescribed by Subsection (a).

SECTION 2. Section 1202.107, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a complaint opened, administrative action or enforcement action initiated, or penalty imposed 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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