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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 6. REGULATION OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, LAND SURVEYING, AND RELATED PRACTICES |
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Subtitle A. REGULATION OF ENGINEERING AND RELATED PRACTICES |
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Chapter 1001. ENGINEERS |
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Subchapter N. WINDSTORM-RELATED DESIGN SERVICES |
Sec. 1001.653. COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING CODES; ENFORCEMENT
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(a) The board, in consultation with the Texas Department of Insurance, shall adopt rules requiring an engineer who is providing engineering design services to comply with windstorm certification standards.
(b) The board may inspect a structure to ensure an engineer's compliance with Subsection (a).
(c) If the board determines that an engineer's engineering design services related to windstorm certification standards do not comply with the standards, the board may:
(1) issue an emergency order prohibiting the engineer from entering into a contract to provide design services related to compliance with applicable windstorm certification standards for a period not to exceed 30 days;
(2) remove the engineer from the roster described by Section 1001.652(b); or
(3) determine that a structure was not constructed, altered, remodeled, enlarged, repaired, or added to according to the applicable windstorm certification standards and report that finding to the association and the Texas Department of Insurance.
(d) The board shall give the engineer notice of any action under this section.
(e) A violation of this subchapter, including a violation of the windstorm inspection standards, is grounds for disciplinary action under Section 1001.452.