Bill Text: TX HB2062 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of plumbing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2062 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2062-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2062 |
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relating to the regulation of plumbing. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 1301.002(11) and (12), Occupations | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(11) "Water supply protection specialist" means a | ||
person who holds an endorsement issued by the board to engage in: | ||
(A) customer service inspections, as defined by | ||
rule of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and | ||
(B) the installation, service, and repair of | ||
plumbing associated with the treatment, use, and distribution use | ||
of rainwater to supply a plumbing fixture or[ |
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(12) "Water treatment" means a business conducted | ||
under contract that requires ability, experience, and skill in | ||
analyzing water to determine how to treat influent and effluent | ||
water to change or purify the water or to add or remove minerals, | ||
chemicals, or bacteria. The term does not include treatment of | ||
rainwater or the repair of systems for rainwater harvesting. The | ||
term includes: | ||
(A) installing and servicing fixed or portable | ||
water treatment equipment in a public or private water treatment | ||
system; or | ||
(B) making connections necessary to install a | ||
water treatment system. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1301.053(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person is not required to be licensed under this | ||
chapter to perform: | ||
(1) plumbing incidental to and in connection with the | ||
business in which the person is employed or engaged if the person: | ||
(A) is regularly employed as or acting as a | ||
maintenance person or maintenance engineer; and | ||
(B) does not engage in plumbing for the public; | ||
(2) construction, installation, or maintenance on the | ||
premises or equipment of a railroad if the person is an employee of | ||
the railroad who does not engage in plumbing for the public; | ||
(3) plumbing if the person is engaged by a public | ||
service company to: | ||
(A) lay, maintain, or operate its service mains | ||
or lines to the point of measurement; and | ||
(B) install, change, adjust, repair, remove, or | ||
renovate appurtenances, equipment, or appliances; | ||
(4) appliance installation and service work, other | ||
than installation and service work on water heaters, that involves | ||
connecting appliances to existing openings with a code-approved | ||
appliance connector if the person performs the work as an appliance | ||
dealer or an employee of an appliance dealer; or | ||
(5) water treatment installations, exchanges, | ||
services, or repairs, other than the treatment of rainwater to | ||
supply a plumbing fixture or appliance. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1301.302, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1301.302. CONTRACT INFORMATION; REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. A | ||
written proposal, invoice, or contract relating to plumbing | ||
services performed by or under the direction of a plumber licensed | ||
under this chapter must contain the name and license number of the | ||
responsible master plumber and the name, mailing address, and | ||
telephone number of the board. The person who performed the | ||
services shall give the customer an invoice or completed contract | ||
document on completion of the job, regardless of whether the person | ||
charged a fee for performing the services. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1301.303(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board may investigate an alleged violation of this | ||
chapter by a person who: | ||
(1) is licensed under this chapter; [ |
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(2) is the owner of a plumbing company subject to this | ||
chapter; or | ||
(3) performs plumbing without holding a license under | ||
this chapter. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1301.351, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A person who holds a license or registration issued | ||
under this chapter shall carry the license or registration on his or | ||
her person while engaged in plumbing. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 1301.357(e), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) A person is not required to hold a water supply | ||
protection specialist endorsement if the person[ |
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SECTION 7. Sections 1301.551(c) and (g), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A municipality that adopts an ordinance or bylaw under | ||
this section shall provide by ordinance or bylaw that a person must | ||
obtain a permit before the person performs plumbing, other than the | ||
repairing of leaks, the replacement of lavatory or kitchen faucets, | ||
the replacement of ballcocks or water control valves, the | ||
replacement of garbage disposals, or the replacement of water | ||
closets. The municipality may prescribe the terms on which the | ||
permit is issued. | ||
(g) A responsible master plumber, plumbing contractor, or | ||
other person who is required to obtain a permit under this section | ||
is not required to pay a plumbing registration fee or | ||
administrative fee in a municipality or any other political | ||
subdivision. | ||
SECTION 8. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
services performed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
Services performed before the effective date of this Act are | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the services were | ||
performed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2062 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 28, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2062 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 50, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2062 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |