Texas § HS.372.0035 - LEAD IN PLUMBING FIXTURES, PIPE, AND PIPE FITTING
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§ HS.372.0035. LEAD IN PLUMBING FIXTURES, PIPE, AND PIPE FITTING
LEAD IN PLUMBING FIXTURES, PIPE, AND PIPE FITTING. (a) A person may not sell or offer for sale a plumbing fixture, pipe, or pipe fitting that contains more than eight percent lead for installing or repairing: (1) a public drinking water system; or (2) plumbing that provides water for human consumption and is connected to a public drinking water system. (b) A person may not sell or offer for sale solder or flux that contains more than two-tenths percent lead for installing or repairing: (1) a public drinking water system; or (2) plumbing that provides water for human consumption and is connected to a public drinking water system. (c) For purposes of this section, a person engaged in the business of installing or repairing plumbing is considered to have sold or offered for sale a plumbing fixture, pipe, pipe fitting, solder, or flux if the person uses or offers to use the fixture, pipe, fitting, solder, or flux to install or repair plumbing. (d) This section does not prohibit the sale or offer for sale of a lead joint necessary for the repair of cast-iron pipe. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. (e) The commission may adopt rules to implement this section. (f) If a person licensed under Chapter 1301 , Occupations Code, violates this section, the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners may discipline the person under Subchapter I of that chapter as if a violation of this section were a violation of that chapter. (g) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a) or (b). An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor. Each violation is a separate offense and each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense. (h) Within the jurisdiction of a municipality, a municipal plumbing inspector may issue a citation to a person who violates this section. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.136, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.787, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (H.B. 636 ), Sec. 31, eff. May 26, 2021.
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