Texas § 1301.057 SELF-HELP PROJECT.

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§ 1301.057 — SELF-HELP PROJECT.

Texas § 1301.057

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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 1301.057 (2026).

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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 Commission on Environmental Quality 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 organizatio

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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 Commission on Environmental Quality 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.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766 ), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2025.