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.