{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1301.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.057","heading":"SELF-HELP PROJECT.","body":"(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:\n(1) is in a county a part of which is within 50 miles of an international border; and\n(2) is performed by an organization that:\n(A) is certified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to provide self-help project assistance; and\n(B) provides the board with the following information before the 30th day before the date the project begins:\n(i) the exact location of the project;\n(ii) the intended duration of the project; and\n(iii) other information the board requires.\n(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.\n(c) The board may provide training to an organization that provides self-help project assistance under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1301. PLUMBERS","SUBCHAPTER B. EXEMPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1301.htm#1301.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"512f4ad17e6f95d61c8769dbd338cf79bf7eca98be2d9172c6ad533cdb981ee0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1301.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1301.058"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}