TITLE: Relating to the regulation of certain industrialized housing and industrialized buildings.

SUMMARY: Relating to the regulation of certain industrialized housing and industrialized buildings.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the regulation of certain industrialized housing and industrialized buildings. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1202.002(c), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) Industrialized housing does not include: (1) a residential structure that exceeds 14 [four] stories or 168 [60] feet in height; (2) housing constructed of a sectional or panelized system that does not use a modular component; or (3) a ready-built home constructed in a manner in which the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling and moving the home to another location. SECTION 2. Section 1202.003(d), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) An industrialized building includes a permanent commercial structure and a commercial structure designed to be transported from one commercial site to another commercial site but does not include: (1) a commercial structure that exceeds 14 [four] stories or 168 [60] feet in height; or (2) a commercial building or structure that is: (A) installed in a manner other than on a permanent foundation; and (B) either: (i) not open to the public; or (ii) less than 1,500 square feet in total area and used other than as a school or a place of religious worship. SECTION 3. 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.