By: Hancock S.B. No. 877
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inspection of municipal buildings during a declared
  disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 214, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 214.220 to read as follows:
         Sec. 214.220.  INSPECTION DURING DECLARED DISASTER. (a)  In
  an area of a municipality that is subject to a declaration of
  disaster by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, or a
  declaration of local disaster under that chapter, a building
  inspection for compliance with this subchapter or related municipal
  regulations may, while the declaration is in effect, be performed
  by:
               (1)  a person certified to inspect buildings by the
  International Code Council;
               (2)  a person employed as a building inspector by the
  municipality in which the building is located; or
               (3)  a person employed as a building inspector by any
  political subdivision, if the municipality in which the building is
  located has approved the person to perform inspections during a
  disaster.
         (b)  A municipality may not collect an additional inspection
  fee related to the inspection of a building performed under
  Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.