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.) Click here to see the committee vote

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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