Texas Residential Construction Commission
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Texas Residential Construction Commission was a Texas
state agency that oversaw single family residential house construction. The agency was headquartered at 311 East 14th Street in Austin
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Its mission was to promote quality construction for Texans by registering industry members and residential construction projects; providing information and educating homeowners and the residential construction industry; acting as a resource for complainants; and offering a neutral, technical review of alleged post-construction defects.
The commission was under a sunset law; if no legislation renewing its existence is passed, it would no longer exist by February 1, 2010. It was scheduled to close on September 1, 2010.
The Texas Residential Construction Commission was closed September 1, 2010 (pursuant to provisions under Sec. 325.017 of the Government Code). All records and property has been transferred to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
state agency that oversaw single family residential house construction. The agency was headquartered at 311 East 14th Street in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
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Its mission was to promote quality construction for Texans by registering industry members and residential construction projects; providing information and educating homeowners and the residential construction industry; acting as a resource for complainants; and offering a neutral, technical review of alleged post-construction defects.
The commission was under a sunset law; if no legislation renewing its existence is passed, it would no longer exist by February 1, 2010. It was scheduled to close on September 1, 2010.
The Texas Residential Construction Commission was closed September 1, 2010 (pursuant to provisions under Sec. 325.017 of the Government Code). All records and property has been transferred to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. As with nearly every other executive branch head, the Comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the Governor and the other elected executive branch positions...
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