By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1385
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2019;
  April 8, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Business & Commerce; May 2, 2019, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 2, 2019, sent to printer.)
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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.  Section 1202.002(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Industrialized housing does not include:
               (1)  [a residential structure that exceeds four stories
  or 60 feet in height;
               [(2)]  housing constructed of a sectional or panelized
  system that does not use a modular component; or
               (2) [(3)]  a ready-built home constructed in a manner
  in which the entire living area is contained in a single unit or
  section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling and
  moving the home to another location.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1202.003(d), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  An industrialized building includes a permanent
  commercial structure and a commercial structure designed to be
  transported from one commercial site to another commercial site but
  does not include [:
               [(1)     a commercial structure that exceeds four stories
  or 60 feet in height; or
               [(2)]  a commercial building or structure that is:
               (1) [(A)]  installed in a manner other than on a
  permanent foundation; and
               (2) [(B)]  either:
                     (A) [(i)]  not open to the public; or
                     (B) [(ii)]  less than 1,500 square feet in total
  area and used other than as a school or a place of religious
  worship.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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