News
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From the 86th: Landlord Tenant and MH Community Bills
From a previous post early on in our From the 86th series, we discussed the increased volume of landlord tenant related bills filed. We tracked 50 bills this session that could have some impact on … more
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From the 86th: Building, Construction, and Permitting Bills
HB 852 - Relating to information a municipality may consider in determining the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees.
H.B. 852 prohibits municipalities from using the valuation or … more
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From the 86th: Sunset Bills
Recall that the laws in the state of Texas mandate that all state agencies are placed on a “sunset” clock. Periodically, every state agency must come up for review and are required to go through the … more
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From the 86th: Plumbing State Deregulation… Almost (and the Impact on Fire Sprinklers)
One of the more shocking and talked about events this session was what occurred to the legislation and laws governing the state’s 70,000-plus plumbers.
This all got started when the State Board of … more
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From the 86th: City, County, and Local Government Bills
HB 2566 - relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate litter and mosquito control.
Cameron County has experienced health and safety issues in the unincorporated areas of the county, … more
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From the 86th: State Agencies and Regulation Bills
HB 2101 - Relating to the regulation of reroofing contractors.
First, this bill did not pass. It failed to pass in the House when it came up for a vote.
We mention it here only to say that TMHA … more
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Important New Post for Members on Oilfield Units and Sales Tax
We have a member post we are strongly advising members to read on Additional Potential Sales Tax for Manufactured Housing Used in Oilfields.
Members need to be properly informed on recent sales tax … more
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Texas Manufactured Home Shipments in April 2019
April
Manufactured home shipments for April moved up 4% from March with increases in both single-section (+3.1%) and multi-section (+4.8%) homes. Single-sections are still running well below 2018 … more
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From the 86th - HB 2546 Passes the Senate
Around 12:30am this morning, the TMHA supported HB 2546 passed the Senate. The bill passed on the last day and on the last calendar in the Senate. This is another major step for the legislation … more
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Texas Manufactured Housing Sales in February 2019
February
Titles for new homes sold in February were up from January and up from February of 2018. Multi-section homes outsold single-section homes at release time for the third report in a row ( … more