Sec. 1301.057. SELF-HELP PROJECT. (a) A person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to perform plumbing, limited to the provision of a residential potable water supply or residential sanitary sewer connection, for a project that:

(1) is in a county a part of which is within 50 miles of an international border; and

(2) is performed by an organization that:

(A) is certified by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to provide self-help project assistance; and

(B) provides the board with the following information before the 30th day before the date the project begins:

(i) the exact location of the project;

(ii) the intended duration of the project; and

(iii) other information the board requires.

(b) The board may require under Subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii) that the organization provide a post-construction report signed by a plumbing inspector stating that the plumbing is safe.

(c) The board may provide training to an organization that provides self-help project assistance under this section.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.