By: Hernandez (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 3848

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2025; May 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; May 25, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 25, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3848 By: Blanco

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 754.015(e), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e) The commission by rule may require or permit inspection reports, other documents, and fees to be filed in a manner prescribed by the department, including electronically.

SECTION 2. Section 754.019(c), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) For the purpose of determining timely filing under Subsection (a)(3) and Section 754.016(b), an inspection report and filing fees are considered filed on the earlier of:

(1) the date of personal delivery;

(2) the date of postmark by United States mail if properly addressed to the executive director; [or]

(3) the date of deposit with a commercial courier service, if properly addressed to the executive director; or

(4) the date of electronic submission, if filed in an electronic manner prescribed by the department.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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