Self-Help Project

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. 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.