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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report by the Texas Division of Emergency Management |
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regarding building trade services following disasters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.054. REPORT ON BUILDING TRADE SERVICES FOLLOWING |
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DISASTERS. (a) Not later than November 1, 2020, the division shall |
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submit a report to members of the legislature on improving the |
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oversight, accountability, and availability of building trade |
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services following disasters. The report must include: |
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(1) strategies to increase the availability of |
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tradespeople, including plumbers and electricians, following a |
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disaster; |
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(2) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged |
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fraud related to building trade services offered following a |
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disaster; and |
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(3) methods to encourage performance bond |
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requirements in contracts for building trade services to be |
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performed following a disaster. |
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(b) The division shall consult with appropriate state |
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entities, including the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and |
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Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, local governments, |
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trade associations, and law enforcement groups in preparing the |
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report described by Subsection (a). |
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(c) This section expires January 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |