Bill Text: TX SB1419 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for rainwater harvesting by a property owner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1419 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1419-Introduced.html
| 84R298 BEF-F | ||
| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 1419 | |
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| relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for | ||
| rainwater harvesting by a property owner. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1301.059 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1301.059. RAINWATER HARVESTING BY PROPERTY OWNER. (a) | ||
| A person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to | ||
| harvest, store, distribute, treat, or use rainwater for any purpose | ||
| on property owned by the person if the rainwater is separated from | ||
| all public water supplies. | ||
| (b) The exemption under Subsection (a) includes the | ||
| installation, service, or repair of plumbing used for rainwater, | ||
| including plumbing associated with the treatment, use, or | ||
| distribution use of rainwater to supply a plumbing fixture or | ||
| appliance, if the plumbing is not connected to a public water | ||
| supply. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
