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Section 418.056. Report on Building Trade Services Following Disasters

TX Govt Code § 418.056 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 418.056. REPORT ON BUILDING TRADE SERVICES FOLLOWING DISASTERS. (a) Not later than November 1, 2020, the division shall submit a report to members of the legislature on improving the oversight, accountability, and availability of building trade services following disasters. The report must include:

(1) strategies to increase the availability of tradespeople, including plumbers and electricians, following a disaster;

(2) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged fraud related to building trade services offered following a disaster; and

(3) methods to encourage performance bond requirements in contracts for building trade services to be performed following a disaster.

(b) The division shall consult with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and any other state agencies selected by the division, local governments, trade associations, and law enforcement groups in preparing the report described by Subsection (a).

(c) This section expires January 1, 2021.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (H.B. 2320), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

Text of section as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 286 (H.B. 2340), Sec. 3

See also other Secs. 418.056 added by the 86th Legislature.

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