The Texas Residential Construction Commission Begins its Wind-down

This from a press release on the Commision's website: At its June 11, 2009 meeting, the Texas Residential Construction Commission announced a general timeline and action plan related to the implementation of the State’s sunset provisions.

Under provisions of Texas Government Code 325.017, the commission will not be accepting new inspection requests after August 31, 2009. In other action taken, the commission approved the following:

• All new homes and projects completed by August 31, 2009 must be registered

• All new builder registrations and timely renewal registration applications will be accepted through August 31, 2009

• All new builder registrations and timely renewal registration applications will be prorated, please see prorated chart here

• Inspection requests will be accepted through August 31, 2009

• Inspection requests will be scheduled for inspection as soon as possible following commission rules, policies and procedures

• Ombudsmen will actively process complaints and post-inspection actions through August 31, 2010

The Web site will be updated as more information becomes available. For more information about any commission-related issues, go to www.TexasRCC.org.