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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration |
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contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1302.002(2), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Air conditioning and refrigeration contracting" |
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means performing or offering to perform the design, installation, |
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construction, repair, maintenance, service, or modification of |
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equipment or a product in an environmental air conditioning system, |
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a commercial refrigeration system, or a process cooling or heating |
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system. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the |
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term does not include the performance of or an offer to perform the |
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installation, repair, replacement, or modification of a thermostat |
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or other temperature control interface by a person licensed or |
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registered under Chapter 1702. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2294 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |