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

   2. (2) is performed by an organization that:

      1. (A) is certified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to provide self-help project assistance; and

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

         1. (i) the exact location of the project;
         2. (ii) the intended duration of the project; and
         3. (iii) other information the board requires.
2. (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.
3. (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.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2025.