H.B. No. 1385

	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and 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 four stories
	or 60 feet in height;
	[(2)]  housing constructed of a sectional or panelized
	system that does not use a modular component; or
	(2) [(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 four stories
	or 60 feet in height; or
	[(2)]  a commercial building or structure that is:
	(1) [(A)]  installed in a manner other than on a
	permanent foundation; and
	(2) [(B)]  either:
	(A) [(i)]  not open to the public; or
	(B) [(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 September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1385 was passed by the House on April
	3, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1385 was passed by the Senate on May
	10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor