Bill Text: TX HB2376 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of plumbing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2376 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2376-Introduced.html

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82R4179 EES-F
By: Hamilton H.B. No. 2376

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of plumbing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1301.304, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Unless a threat to health or safety exists, the board
may not investigate a complaint in which the person filing the
complaint and the person who is the subject of the complaint are
engaged in litigation related to the subject matter of the
complaint until the outcome of the litigation is finally
determined.
SECTION 2. Section 1301.552, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1301.552. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FOR PLUMBING PERMIT
IN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. A political subdivision that requires a
responsible master plumber or an agent of a responsible master
plumber [plumbing contractor] to obtain a permit before performing
plumbing in the political subdivision shall verify through the
board's Internet website, or by contacting the board by telephone,
that the responsible master plumber [plumbing contractor] has on
file with the board a certificate of insurance. The certificate of
insurance must:
(1) be written by a company licensed to do business in
this state;
(2) provide for commercial general liability
insurance for the responsible master plumber for a claim for
property damage or bodily injury, regardless of whether the claim
arises from negligence or on a contract; and
(3) provide coverage of not less than $300,000 for all
claims arising in a one-year period.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.